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From: Jenna Hoffhines
Date: 16 Oct 2006
Time: 11:03:06 -0500
Remote Name: 209.114.114.90
In the section labled stutterer and person who stutters, I was a bit confused about the information given. In all of our courses we are stressed the importance of using person first language, but in this paper it said not to correct a parent if they call their child a stutterer. Shouldn't we be explaining to the parent that stuttering is not what their child is, but mearly a characteristic of their speech. I believe we should use the term people who stutter. The paper also states that a person cannot face their problem until they admit they have one. I think people can do this while still using person first language. They do not have to say "I am a stutterer" in order to admit their stuttering problem. They could simply say "I am a person who stutters."