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From: Meg; undergrad SLHS at Northern Michigan University
Date: 22 Oct 2006
Time: 16:02:55 -0500
Remote Name: 204.38.206.248
The concept of stuttering in sign language is one that seems to defy everything that we are taught as future SLPs. We are taught that stuttering goes hand in hand with spoken language. Personally, as a student who has also taken 2 years of ASL as an undergrad, I have always (or so I have felt) been more open to a wider idea of communication-while I will eventually be working with speech (mostly) I also plan on using my skills in ASL in my career. Based on the evidence of stuttering in sign language presented in this paper, I am convinced that it does appear to be a real possibility. Much of the characteristics we learn about in spoken lanugage's stuttering appear to be evident in sign language as well. I wonder, as it is not discussed to an extent in this paper, if the people who are stuttering in their sign notice it and would themselves considering it stutter and also I wonder if the same underlying emotions occur along with sign stuttering as they do in spoken stuttering?