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From: A. Doin, grad student from the College of Saint Rose
Date: 21 Oct 2006
Time: 14:43:22 -0500
Remote Name: 24.195.197.253
As a communication disorders student, I was always told to use person first language, i.e., "the person who stutters". However, I do see your point in how this may "soften" the issue of stuttering and can be a form of avoidance as well. The research from St. Louis (1999) suggests that there is not a stigmatizing connotation of the term "stutterer", but what has your experienece been? Have the people you worked with mostly like to be referred to as "stutterers" or "people who sutter"?