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From: Walt Manning
Date: 10/15/02
Time: 8:53:59 AM
Remote Name: 141.225.97.53
Viren- You are doing the right thing by becoming more enlightened through contact on the internet - now if we can just get others such as family members to understand. The lack of understanding by most people ("Where was your stuttering when . . .?") is an indication that they don't realize the nature of stuttering and especially the variable nature of fluency. Bob Quesal's paper at this conference is a good place to begin so I'd suggest copying that paper for them and let them read it, and you discuss it with them. There are a number of other things written concerning the variability of stuttering that can be found during previous ISAD conferences or on the StutteringHomePage. All we can do is try to let them in on what the stuttering experience is really like. Even then, sadly, some people - even a few professionals - don't always get it.