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From: Katrina Hall
Date: 10 Oct 2006
Time: 16:33:12 -0500
Remote Name: 198.98.38.37
I am a first year graduate student taking my first flunecy class. I have always been taught to use the person-first approach to "labeling". I found it very interesting reading the responses of various people in you paper. I think the terms that have the negative connotations are the ones that people view as negative in the first place. A "murderer" and "psychotic" sound very harsh. However, a "person who plays basketball" rather than "basketball player" sounds ridiculous. I think that because stuttering is viewed more negatively, a "stutterer" is automatically going to sound negative. (I hope that I explained myself clearly on that.) Since using the person-first approach has been stressed so much in my education, I will continue to use "person who stutters". I do think though, that this is the last thing that should be discussed concerning stuttering. More focus should be directed at treatment and understanding.