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From: Charlie Osborne
Date: 05 Oct 2005
Time: 17:33:04 -0500
Remote Name: 143.236.34.52
I too ask my students to engage in simulated stuttering (in three different public situations, one by phone, two in person). They are then required to write about the experience and their reactions to it. Most students feel they develop insight into what it might be like to deal with a stuttering problem. Interestingly enough, this year, about 1/2 of my class reported planning on doing pseudostuttering in a situation and then not following through due to the perceived social consequences, then anguishing over the next possible opportunity. One concern reported by students is that they not be perceived as "making fun" of stuttering or of someone who does stutter or of being found out to be faking it. They have practiced pseudostuttering prior to actually attempting it in public. Most feel that this experience gives them a degree of empathy they would not have had without the experience.