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From: Anders Lundberg
Date: 10/19/03
Time: 12:23:13 PM
Remote Name: 217.209.22.186
Dear Megan, and a lot of others! I am glad if you got information of what the problem of stuttering might contain for an individual and what it takes for some to handle for the goal of communicating effectively and happily. Most of the PWS are pretty strong people! But what we also have to remember is that the reactions from PWS most of the time are not pathological, psychopathological, that is. No, most of the reactions are quite ordinary and normal reactions stemming from the fact that most people know rather little about the disorder and the problems stuttering sometimes bring along. When you deviate from the norm, defined or not but "felt", you pay a price and as a clinician you perhaps cannot expect to understand it all, but what you have to do is to understand what your client understands. That might, even will, increase your understanding of yourself! That is one reason I won't let my students pass the class if they haven't been out in public, stuttering their way in shops, in meeting people on bus-stops and so forth. They might understand stuttering better but for the most part, they understand themselves better. That's an important part since you only can sell what you own yourself. But to make it clear; I am quite sure you don't have to stutter yourself (IRL) to be able to work with PWS. The better you understand, the better you'll get. Good luck! Anders Lundbgerg