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From: Anita
Date: 10/22/02
Time: 9:54:59 AM
Remote Name: 195.67.212.65
Please, don't you ever stop what you're doing, as therapists who stutter have been there. They know what they are talking about. Of course, a certain fluency is not that bad.
I was at a SLP congress last week and had an information table about stuttering. I wasn't allowed to enter the congress room, as "I hadn't paid the congress fee". (We payed $350 for two tables though...) But I sneeked in and listened to experts talking about stuttering. About facts. ABOUT ME! I felt so odd just sitting there and listening to people thinking they know it all. The next speaker was a therapist who stutters and his presentation was about feelings and situations and I both laughed and cried. This was really about me AND about himself. He KNEW what he was talking about. But I was "caught in the act" and wasn't allowed to follow the other presentation, although I complained the theme was stuttering, after our information work we did last year and they were talking about ME, so I wanted to know what they said about ME. Still, I couldn't attent without paying the fee. But I did get all the material, so if you're reading this: thanks, you know who you are.
You wrote: "you are bad, you are lazy, you don't work hard enough, you could do it if you wanted to". Do I recognize these words coming from the mouths of my near ones. Today, after many years of education, they know better, but how these words hurt a young girl/woman!
So please, don't ever think of stop doing what you're doing. You're so needed. Why? BECAUSE YOU GOT IT!
All the best, Anita