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How Can I Get Some Help?
We think it is important to have someone to talk to about the problem.
Although this can feel embarrassing, it is much worse trying to deal
with it on your own.
It does seem a bit strange that no one mentions stammering. The reason
for this now seems very old-fashioned: many parents were told that
they should try to "ignore their child's stammering and it would go
away", or that "if you draw attention to it, you might make it worse".
This idea has unfortunately lasted for a long time, but it is very
unhelpful.
All that happens as a result is that stammering becomes a sort of
secret, with everyone pretending that it is not really there at all.
This must be very confusing and upsetting for a young child, and later
leads to many families not knowing how to talk about it.
If you have found this website on your own, share it with your friends
and family - it might help to break the ice and lead to you getting some
proper help.
You could talk to a really good friend; the chances are that this
friend knows you stammer and would be really interested to know what
happens. Why not discuss the website information and ideas?
Talk to your parents and ask them to get some help for you. They can
look at the parents' pages.
Ask your teacher for help - there is a section
for them on this website too. Many teachers really do want to help,
but don't know what to do or how to discuss it with you.
Get in touch with a speech and language therapist. Again, your parents
or teacher can look through the website pages to find out how to go
about this.
Contact the British Stammering
Association. They too have a website, as well as a helpline, leaflets and a magazine.
Contact us at the Michael
Palin Centre - we see families from all over the UK. Your parents
can phone us for information. |
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