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From: Charlton V. Knowles
Date: 15 Oct 2006
Time: 10:16:21 -0500
Remote Name: 24.231.51.86
Dear Richard, Boy that's been a long time. Forgive me, but I don't remember you. I remember Ross,Kathrine and Ron Webster. Congratulations on going onto higher studies after that point. I think in every PWS there is a certain acquired desire to never...ever.. stutter again. This is probably confirmed everytime the PWS does so well in formal therapy only to return to their home envronment and the disfluencies pop back in again. When this happens, the feeling of dispair and failure prevents the person from considering any other possibilities and alternatives at that time.To answer your question, I think I am experienced enough in the nature of stuttering and its treatment to realistically not expect to be fluent. My difficulty is staying in touch with my stuttering behaviour to modify it when it occurs. It is evident to me that I have to monitor as well as I can all of the time, in spite of any external interferences. My work is quite high pressured and is wrought with time pressures. I'm in the restaurant business, so you can imagine the potential for disfluent and uncontrol speech. But I think I can learn to manage the speech in spite of these environmental stresses. Thanks for the response. Sincerely,Charlton