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Stutterer who is outgoing

From: Theresa Dobransky
Date: 10/14/00
Time: 4:47:22 PM
Remote Name: 152.163.197.179

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While in high school, I had a friend who stuttered. He was involved in many extraciricular activities and was extemely smart. He was a member of the newspaper staff, where he had to interview people. He also was on the academic challenge team, where he had to debate against other schools. I think he would be considered a pretty severe stutterer, but he seemed to never let that stand in his way. He gave excellent speeches in class (and yes, he did stutter during them.) I can not ever remember a time when I heard someone make fun of him for his stuttering. It seemed that since he did not act embarrassed to stutter, people accepted it. It also seemed to me that he was involved in so much that stuttering was only one very small aspect of him. My question is this: Is this extremely atypical of someone who stutters or is it that we just do not hear much about these people? (I think I should also mention he had wonderful parents, who I am sure fostered his great self-esteem.)


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