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From: Judy Kuster
Date: 01 Oct 2006
Time: 12:32:27 -0500
Remote Name: 24.197.195.76
Joshua, Throughout history, and even now, there are many ideas about how what causes stuttering and how to treat stuttering that not effective, such as eating certain insects. Some people call them "folk myths." I have collected some of those ideas and put them on the Stuttering Home Page (www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Infostuttering/folkmyths.html). Joseph Lukong, Jonas Berinyuy, and Acheng Thomas from Cameroon and Moussa Dao from Burkina Faso have shared some of these "folk myths" in their countries on a past ISAD online conference. Their papers are linked to the folk myths page URL provided above. I encourage you to read their papers. Most people in my country do not talk about a "cure" for stuttering in adults who stutter. Instead they talk about becoming an effective communicator. This conference, as well as learning as much as you can about stuttering on websites such as the two listed in the introduction to this conference will provide you with a lot of good information about stuttering. I am glad you are participating in the online conference! Judy Kuster