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“From Stuttering to… Stuttering” Blog

  • Common Questions 3
  • Community 1
  • Creative Writing 2
  • Cures 1
  • Lived Experience 14
  • Mini 3
  • New Therapy 5
  • People Who Stutter 1
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Shifting the Disability Lens for Stuttering [Mini]
Mini, Theory Ezra Horak 12/2/23 Mini, Theory Ezra Horak 12/2/23

Shifting the Disability Lens for Stuttering [Mini]

The movement from ‘medical model of disability’ to ‘social model of disability’ might answer the “Is stuttering really a disability?” question all together. Of course it is, see: discrimination.

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Is stuttering being a “decent person filter” just an excuse to not deal with the issue?
Mini, Lived Experience Ezra Horak 10/16/23 Mini, Lived Experience Ezra Horak 10/16/23

Is stuttering being a “decent person filter” just an excuse to not deal with the issue?

Stutterers think ‘people can leave us or take us’ but ignore the systemic oppression that happens in an uneducated society.

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Comparing Accents to Stuttering [Mini]
Mini Ezra Horak 9/2/23 Mini Ezra Horak 9/2/23

Comparing Accents to Stuttering [Mini]

I hear PWS say (and I've said this) that the listener would do better to see stuttering as a type of accent. But we can't forget that accents aren't truly neutral in society.

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View fullsize Movie tropes are tired. Why can't just see people who talk the way they talk in real life? 

1% of people in the world stutter, but movies still really ever use stuttering as a plot device. Actors continued to be pressured or forced to hide their stu
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View fullsize I’ve been thinking about how stuttering's fluctuating visibility impacts the way we show up, and how much vulnerability it asks of us in everyday moments.

I had a moment this week where the juxtaposition of meeting someone new (who seemed real
View fullsize During the mid 1900s, there was a big focus on stuttering being caused by trauma, an idea that has been debunked. However, what if the reverse exists? What if the act of living with a stutter in a world designed for fluent speech can lead people to d
View fullsize "How has your relationship with your stutter changed over the years?"

I used to see my stutter as a dragon to slay, and something that held so much power over me. Although fairytales let the human win over the dragon, that isn't real life.
View fullsize Let's introduce the term "dynamic disability" to our wheelhouse! 🛳️

Stuttering is unique in that it varies day to day, moment to moment. Environmental factors play a factor in this, but other times it is seemingly random.

Dynamic disabil
View fullsize What do parents of those raising kids who stutter need to know? What's most important?

My answer is always the same: make home a safe place to stutter openly. Every single challenge your kiddo who stutters will face one day is best served by being r
View fullsize "If there are tools to improve fluency, why don't you just use them?"

Because fluency isn't free. The whole thing here is that stuttering is a disability: that means I stutter when I speak. If I want to compensate for that disability and w

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