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Re: stuttering

From: Dale Williams
Date: 10/17/02
Time: 8:53:09 AM
Remote Name: 131.91.248.210

Comments

Hi Joey. Thanks for the questions. My story is a typical one, straight out of the stuttering textbooks. I started around age 4. My parents brought me to the pediatrician, who told them not to worry, it would go away on its own.

Well, it's nearly 40 years later and I’m still waiting.

I don’t really know when I first noticed it. But I do remember that in junior high (about your age), I began to worry about it more. I wish I’d had self-help organizations and present-day internet resources back then. I pretended it didn’t bother me and tried to deal with it alone, both mistakes.

If this is a problem for you or any of your friends, one piece of advice I could offer is to put together some sort of support system to make life easier.

Good questions.

Dale


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