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From: Viren Gandhi
Date: 10/20/01
Time: 1:16:43 PM
Remote Name: 203.199.169.160
Importance of Role Model
I am no professional but a PWS.
I have read about Role Model theories. Like a son, learns by seeing his father doing all things in world. Son may have his father as a role model or someone else as idol
. PWS when grows, he mixes in his neighborhood. He may avoid mixing or socialising. I remember I used to go with my elder brother to play with other kids. I do not remember I had stuttering at that time or not. I used to go in our residence area few buildings apart. Still today I can pinpoint where I used to play. Then somehow my brother , for some reason stopped taking me with him. May he had his own circle of friends or whatever. And during those days , I may have stopped mixing with people and then more severe effects came in.
Like I never used to mix with anyone. I made no friendship with even boys of similar age in next or opposite building. I started staying more indoors. Never used to mix with people of same age. I was so afraid they I never used to be on local cold drink joint where all my friends used to meet. Always avoiding meeting new people.
Somehow in those years, if somewhere something could have been done, then severity could have been less. For almost 10-15 years I followed same pattern avoiding people. Things are changing now but still I have a long way to go.
My emphasis as from personal experience is that, SLPs may try to see in young people that they are getting role model and hence not getting into loop like many people like myself may have fallen into. If that trap is avoided then PWS may be somewhat be less fearful of socialising.
Regards, Viren Gandhi Mumbai, India E-Mail : viren_gandhi@yahoo.com