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“From Stuttering to… Stuttering” Blog

  • Common Questions 3
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Stop Praising Fluent Speech – is Lidcombe Programe “The Monster Program”?
New Therapy, Lived Experience Ezra Horak 5/31/24 New Therapy, Lived Experience Ezra Horak 5/31/24

Stop Praising Fluent Speech – is Lidcombe Programe “The Monster Program”?

Didn’t we, as a society, decide that shaming children about stuttering is a monstrous to do? Or does that only apply to fluent children? Lidcombe Programe makes us question…

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Stuttering Secondaries - Strive to Empower, Not Fix
New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/30/24 New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/30/24

Stuttering Secondaries - Strive to Empower, Not Fix

Instead of assuming that secondaries are inherently bad, we should work with individuals to understand their needs and preferences.

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Do We Need to Struggle to Stutter?
Theory, Lived Experience, New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/22/24 Theory, Lived Experience, New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/22/24

Do We Need to Struggle to Stutter?

Is it possible to stutter without much of a struggle? Does that erase the stuttering experience entirely? Perhaps stuttering can be more of a shifting Venn Diagram than a set iceberg…

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Why isn’t whole-person speech therapy happening for stuttering?
New Therapy Ezra Horak 11/17/23 New Therapy Ezra Horak 11/17/23

Why isn’t whole-person speech therapy happening for stuttering?

Why is it that many speech therapists have shifted their outdated views on what speech therapy for autistic kids looks like, but not for stuttering kids?

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Parent Speaks Out Against Fluency-Shaping Therapy for Stuttering
New Therapy Ezra Horak 10/18/23 New Therapy Ezra Horak 10/18/23

Parent Speaks Out Against Fluency-Shaping Therapy for Stuttering

Dori Holte, author of Voice Unearthed and Voices Unearthed, is an exception to my wariness of ‘well-intended allies’. Here are some great insights from her blog…

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View fullsize Being brave isn't about not being scared, it's about feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

This is a reminder that feeling fear is not a weakness. It's not always easy. That's okay.

I was going to make this a story but I think it deserves a permane
View fullsize "Fluency" has a become a bit of a bad word, and I think it's because of how it's used. Traditionally, no one has seemed to understand how much it COSTS people who stutter to try to appear "fluent". We are expected to perform. It i
View fullsize Community is *big* and can be healing. At our last @westutter chapter meeting, Gabe reflected on a way he benefits from spending time around others who stutter.

This year the Portland chapter had to change our meeting location. The downside is that
View fullsize This binder by @thestutterally was created to address a huge need in the speech therapy world. School-based SLPs are expected to be generalists in all kinds of topics, and yet many lacked a strong education in stutter-affirming practices.

Stuttering
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View fullsize I really believe we don't know how powerful we are. We make dozens of excuses as we second guess ourselves.

I also think the trauma can come from being told that a fluent voice is better than our stuttering voice... whether that message is outright
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View fullsize "My stutter keeps me from my real voice." A sentiment I've heard expressed by many, a sentiment I used to think myself. I thought freedom was in my stutter being conquered and killed, like the dragon it was.

Eventually, as I learned to liv

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