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From: Alan Badmington (to Kathy)
Date: 03 Oct 2005
Time: 05:47:52 -0500
Remote Name: 81.76.122.183
Hi Kathy, Thank you for your interest. My personal experience (and contact with many hundreds of PWS during recent years) indicates that avoidance plays a major part in stuttering. I constructed a vast array of avoidance ploys and became so proficient at using them that they became second nature to me. Avoidance was first brought to my attention five years. Once I realised the implications, I adopted a zero-tolerance avoidance policy with heartening results. You may wish to read a poem that I wrote for the ISAD Online Conference last year. Entitled, "Changing the Words Around", it can be accessed at: http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad7/papers/badmington7/badmington17.html I also recite the poem online. I wish you every success with your studies. Kindest regards Alan