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From: Gary J Rentschler
Date: 11 Oct 2005
Time: 13:14:53 -0500
Remote Name: 165.190.57.87
I find it hard to argue with science (of course John Harrison may be even more formidible) :-) In my opinion, people's sensitivity varies, PWS or not. Disfluent speech of PWS becomes a sensitive issue and it is easy to feel that you're speech is the primary reason that you are imperfect and can become a focal point of one's attempts to be viewed as normal. Several PWS feel their speech must be perfectly fluent to be "normal". As one learns to accept their stuttering, they learn that the stuttering is usually NOT the reason some people may not like you; but it can be the reason that is expressed. I haven't bought into the predisposed sentitivity argument all that much. There are plenty of children who might be considered "hypersensitive" that don't stutter.