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From: Ed Feuer
Date: 10/14/03
Time: 1:49:31 AM
Remote Name: 142.161.179.64
Bob Quesal wrote: Interesting comments, Ed. I have no idea how they relate to what I wrote.
Thanks, Bob. Let me help you with that. Here is what you wrote: "At some level, I suppose, the "fear" of working with people who stutter may have some basis. But in general, the arguments about it are essentially myths. Unfortunately, the future isn't looking all that great, either: http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/isad4/papers/quesal3.html"
So I followed the link and read what you wrote. At that link, I found that, among other things, you wrote this:
"We can consider the - less desirable - possibility that ASHA in fact does not care about people who stutter. Perhaps it is time for someone else - some other profession or some "splinter group" - to act on behalf of those who stutter and to ensure that someone is qualified to work with, and help, people who stutter. How this will be accomplished, I am not sure (but I think I have an idea for next year's ISAD conference). "
That is what I am responding to. Maybe it is time for "someone else — some other profession or some splinter group" as you say. I say that someone else could be be a coordinated multidisciplinary team including people from outside disciplines as needed.