The "blaming the victim" problem is HUGE. That is precisely what I'm getting at when I question whether there is just "one kind" of developmental stuttering. Some of us assume that however we were able to improve (or help some to improve) should work for everybody .... if they only followed our "instructions". And I say this as someone who has in fact produced approaches to improvement. The important point is to realize that results may be quite different for different people and that's nobody's fault. It's just the "nature of the beast"!
The posts are based on my experience as life-long stutterer and professional scientist in areas of Biophysics and bio-inspired computing (NASA 1980-2020). I reached a point where my stutter is no longer an issue, and is normally undetectable, but I can still be caught by surprise instances. This is probably the best that can be expected for this stubborn syndrome.
Blog background
I have been deeply involved in sharing my understanding with fellow stutterers, speech and language pathologists and researchers, especially in the 90's. The older part of this blog reports some the discussions I was having on a professional list at that time. Most of the discussions are still relevant today.
I remained involved in the stuttering community, mostly as participant in activities of the National Stuttering Association (NSA), and occasional workshop leader. Since my retirement I have returned to writing, and I just developed an audio course on fluency improvement. A link for the course can be found in this blog, as well as posts based on more recent discussions I am having in a Stuttering Facebook group.
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