A Presentation About Stuttering.

Hey everybody! I haven't posted in a while because I have been working on a project. It was about low self-esteem in people who stutter. I've been working on it for almost a month now. I'll post a video of my presentation when i finish it.

I would also like to thank all frequent viewers who continued to check my blog even when I haven't posted for a while. I would also like to thank Austin Emmons for commenting on some of my posts with newer facts and also making a presentation about stuttering. I'm glad you could help raise awareness!

Daily Stuttering Fact Nineteen and Twenty

Daily Stuttering Fact Nineteen and Twenty

I am going to an NSA chapter meeting today and will chunk the post into two different parts; before and after the meeting. 

BEFORE THE MEETING:

I'm pretty excited to go to the conference meeting because I'll be seeing people who also stutter. I think it'll be a cool experience and will most likely teach me a lot! I'll describe the meeting when I come back!

AFTER THE MEETING:

Wow... that was amazing. I felt like I could really connect with the people at the meeting even though they were much older then me. I heard many stories from the people at the meeting such as past experiences with their stutter and how their stutter affect their lives now. After the chapter meeting I was asked if they could run a story about my blog on the stuttering newsletter voices! Of course, I said yes! So to sum it all up I was glad to be invited to the chapter!

Stuttering Fact #18

Stuttering Fact #18

Tip for people who stutter: When someone bullies you the easist thing to do it brush them off. Don't send them a text saying "I don't like you doing that" or anything like that. It's only going to make them laugh and bully you more. Just don't acknowledge it. It'll completely stop them. This isn't just for stuttering, it's for any type of bullying. Try it!

Less Frequent Posts and Another Change

Hey everyone, once I hit 20 stuttering facts I shall start posting less frequently. Maybe 1 or 2 posts a week. Not because I am lazy but because it gets harder and harder to give you new facts. I have told you the facts about stuttering. The statistics about it, but it's not enough so I need to continue. I will start to go more in depth. Write more about my experiences as a stutterer than how many people stutter or the dictionary definition of stuttering. These posts won't be as frequent but they will be much longer and hopefully be more meaningful. Hope you enjoy the change as soon as I put in effect!

Stuttering Fact #17

Daily Stuttering Fact #17

For many years stuttering was thought to be a behavioral disorder. That someone who stutters just needs to relax their jaw, they just need to slow down and the stuttering would stop. Some people were given lip or mouth exercises to stop the stutter. None of this worked so people who stutter were conceived as idiots because they couldn't talk "properly". It was also thought that finishing a sentence a person who stutters is stuck on is good. Same with "helping them out" on a word. I think people still believe this and it's one of the  main reasons people who stutter are the end of discrimination. What do you think?

Daily Stuttering Fact #16

Daily Stuttering Fact #16

Starting today I will change Truth About Stuttering. I will no longer post daily but post every 2-3 days to keep facts interesting and not have to put filler such as the post about The King's Speech. I will make each fact more interesting and follow a schedule.

Monday: Stuttering Fact
Wednesday: Personal experience with stuttering
Friday: Either tip for people who stutter or a Stuttering Fact
Saturday/Sunday (Either one): Anyone of the 3 named

Instead of a fact today I've decided to post a theory about sports and stuttering.

Sports: An expert is always willing to share their tips about how they get ahead or their work ethic.
Stuttering: A person who stutters is willing to share strategies, or any way to help someone else who stutters or what they do when stuck.

Sports: You will always hear stories about people who rose from the dust and became successful in sports.
Stuttering: You hear about stories where people with severe stutters work through it and also become successful.

Daily Stuttering Fact #15

Daily Stuttering Fact #15

Have you seen the movie The King's Speech? It's amazing, it shows that people have gotten through problems even with a stutter. It was a great movie to watch and I'm hoping to watch it again soon. Incase you didn't know what the movie is about check the little annotation (I don't think that's the right word) down below provided by imbd.com

The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.

Daily Stuttering Fact #14

Daily Stuttering Fact #14

This post will cover two things. It will refer back to Daily Stuttering Fact #9, and an interesting question asked to a blind stutterer.

Lets go back to Daily Stuttering Fact #9.

"This isn't really a fact but more of an announcement. All I have to say is that people are cruel... 

But for the sake of everyone viewing this blog I will elaborate. I went to school today and was being made fun of by people I don't know for stuttering. Normally I brush all this off but they started getting into my race and such. I was told I was an "Indian retard" and I should "go back to my own country".  They said, "You're such an idiot that you c-c-can't complete a full sentence without s-s-s-stuttering".  As  I said before I normally brush such insults like that aside but when they got into my race... I blew up. I called them a few choice words of my own and left. 

So while nothing ground-breaking happened in that incident I just hoped it opened your eyes a little bit and maybe make you think twice before calling someone an idiot for any reason.

People are cruel."

 While doing some research for this Daily Stuttering Fact I found out that the person who average stutter's IQ is 14 points higher than the national average. "Indian retard", huh?

On the same website I was reading about a blind person who also had a stutter. They were asked which is worse, being blind or stuttering? His response? "Stuttering — because unlike my blindness, people don’t understand that stuttering is beyond my control" 

Wow... what do you think about it?

The National Stuttering Association

The National Stuttering Association is amazing. It means so much to people. I was touched by just watching some of the videos of people explaining their memorable moments. It's hard to put into words.  I'll give you a few links.

NSA Video

NSA Video

Daily Stuttering Fact #13

Daily Stuttering Fact #13

Delving Deeper Into the SpeechEasy (Part 3)

This is the final part of my "Delving Deeper Into the SpeechEasy" series. I may revisit this later but for now this will be the end. 

As I said through my earlier posts, the SpeechEasy isn't a miracle device that completely stops stuttering. The National Stuttering Association said it perfectly. "The SpeechEasy is a tool used to reduce stuttering not a cure." It is also not a long term solution. Think carefully about the statistics. After 18 months 50% of people had an increase in stuttering. Even if it does help forever, I would never get it. My stutter defines me. It makes me who I am. It gives me the drive, it helps me make a difference. I don't want to sound cliched but I'm glad to be me, glad to have a stutter. What do you think?

Thank You

Hey viewers, I just wanted to thank each and every one of you. First of I would like to thank my Uncle who put the link to my blog on his Facebook page. I then would like to thank my parents of supporting my idea and helping me throughout hardships with stuttering. Another thanks to my current and previous speech pathologist for helping me develop a voice. I finally would like to thank everyone who viewed my blog, giving me hope that maybe people who stutter can be accepted. I will also be creating a Vlog that will be posted on Youtube. Again, thank you so much for viewing my blog and supporting me.

Daily Stuttering Fact #12

Daily Stuttering Fact #12

Delving deeper into the SpeechEasy (Part Two)

Wow... Did you know that an "unpublished study" said that the SpeechEasy only helped while reading aloud and not during conversation? That really affects my thoughts on the SpeechEasy since I stutter the most during conversations and am pretty fluent while reading aloud.  Another test that used 18 adults showed that after an 18 month period, 50% of the people's stutter became worse! 

I now have 400 page views! Thanks to you guys $60 has been donated to the National Stuttering Association. Thanks for reading my blog! 

Daily Stuttering Fact #11

Daily Stuttering Fact #11

Delving deeper into the SpeechEasy

This will be a little series of posts about my deeper research on the SpeechEasy. It seems to work like a dream on the surface but after reading comments it seems they all say one thing in common. The effects of the SpeechEasy wear off.  "Stuttering Jack" a blogger who as you can tell by the name blogs about his stuttering experiences. One of his posts describe the SpeechEasy really well. Check it out!

Stuttering Jack's SpeechEasy Post

3 Interesting Tips For People Who Stutter

Here are 3 tips for people who stutter.

• Listening to music helps reduce stuttering 
• I'm pretty sure you know that when you sing you don't stutter, but thought I'd include it anyway
• Thinking about your stuttering will only increase it.

Daily Stuttering Fact #10

Daily Stuttering Fact #10

Hey everyone I haven't posted in couple days but I'm back now! Anyway I've been researching something called the SpeechEasy. It's a device that you wear around your neck and it replays whatever you say back to you a millisecond later. It has helped some people stop stuttering but apparently it makes conversations harder because the echo makes listening hard. Check it out using the link the below. Tell me what you think of it down in the comments. 

SpeechEasy

Daily Stuttering Fact #9

Daily Stuttering Fact #9

This isn't really a fact but more of an announcement. All I have to say is that people are cruel... 

But for the sake of everyone viewing this blog I will elaborate. I went to school today and was being made fun of by people I don't know for stuttering. Normally I brush all this off but they started getting into my race and such. I was told I was an "Indian retard" and I should "go back to my own country".  They said, "You're such an idiot that you c-c-can't complete a full sentence without s-s-s-stuttering".  As  I said before I normally brush such insults like that aside but when they got into my race... I blew up. I called them a few choice words of my own and left. 

So while nothing ground-breaking happened in that incident I just hoped it opened your eyes a little bit and maybe make you think twice before calling someone an idiot for any reason.

People are cruel.

Daily Stuttering Fact #8

Daily Stuttering Fact #8

  "How do people usually react when they hear someone stutter? They most likely make fun of the stuttering person. And how do people usually perceive someone who stutters? Stupid, dumb, or even good for nothing. A person’s competence or personality is always judged based on how good a speaker he is."

According to thehealthguideguide.org this is what the norm considers people who stutter and from personal experiences I know this is true. I've been called an idiot and shunned from groups. Why? Because I have a stutter. A speech disfluency. Just because I stutter it doesn't mean I'm an idiot. All that it means is that it takes me a bit longer to order fries at Burger King.

On a brighter note,  I would like to thank everyone who helped get me to a hundred views. I hope you got something from my website and continue to check it. Thanks, and how about 200 views? 

Daily Stuttering Fact #7

Daily Fact #7

Tips on talking to a person who stutters (PWS).

• The PWS should be listened to patiently, not be hurried and not interrupted
• NEVER finish a PWS word unless asked to by the PWS
• Don’t fill in words or supply answers
• Don’t look pained, pitying or impatient
• Do not withdraw eye contact, glance nervously at the PWS or stare vacantly into space
• Speak naturally
• Maintain an unhurried, calm and interested manner

(Thanks to speakeasy.org for the list.) 

Daily Stuttering Fact #6

Daily Stuttering Fact #6

Did you know that 5% of children stutter compared to only 1% of adults? Stuttering normally begins at ages 2-5. 

Quote: 

“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.” 
   - James Earl Jones

When I found this quote I was surprised about how straight forward it was. It didn't describe stuttering in any fancy words, or veil it's true meaning with metaphors, it came right out and gave the hardship of stuttering.

Daily Stuttering Fact #5

Daily Stuttering Fact #5

Stuttering is not caused by psychological or physical trauma. 

There is no cure for stuttering.

Just because someone stutters it doesn't mean they aren't smart, or are socially awkward. 

Daily Stuttering Fact #4

Daily Stuttering Fact #4 

Did you know some famous people who stutter include Marilyn Monroe, Vice President Joseph Biden, and Darren Sproles? You can check some other famous stutterers by clicking the link below. Remember, for everyone 100 page views, $15 dollars is donated to the NSA! Oh and if you have any questions contact me at truthaboutstuttering@gmail.com

Famous People Who Stutter

Daily Stuttering Fact #3

Daily Stuttering Fact #3

Did you know only 1% of the world's population has a stutter? That's only 68 million people! Four times as many teenage boys stutter that girls. 5% of children go through a period of 6 months of stuttering. 75% of those children recover from it by their late childhood. 

Daily Stuttering Fact #2

Daily Stuttering Fact #2

Stuttering comes in many forms. A repetition is when you repeat a word (but-but-but) or when you repeat a sound (a-a-and).  A block is when the words get stuck and you cannot say anything. You measure the severity of the block/repetition with something called the tension scale. It goes from one to ten, one being no tension, 10 being severe tension.

Note: For every 100 page views $15 will be donated to the National Stuttering Association. 

Daily Stuttering Fact #1

Daily Stuttering Fact #1

Telling someone who stutters to slow down is a big no-no. While you may think you are helping you really aren't. All you will achieve is making them self conscious and cause them to stutter more. Another thing to never do is finish a sentence or word that someone is having trouble with. This is very infuriating and can cause a stutter to rise in quantity. Thanks for reading and check the blog out tomorrow for another fact on stuttering! 

Truth About Stuttering

This is the truth about stuttering. This blog will show what stuttering is like from a person who stutters perspective. I'll try posting every day. I will add a variety of tips, facts, and ways to raise awareness of stuttering in this blog. Enjoy!