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"Why don't people understand? Why are they so unkind?"
Sadly this does happen sometimes.
There is a real lack of understanding amongst people who have no personal
experience of stammering. While many people are very thoughtful and
helpful, and try to do the right thing, at other times people who
stammer can be faced with people who are prejudiced and intolerant
of communication (and other) problems.
Individuals who stammer are likely to experience times when other
people do react very unhelpfully, giving unhelpful advice, making
silly comments, and, worst of all, teasing or ridiculing. While these
reactions don't always happen, they will make the individual very
self-conscious and will heighten their anxiety about talking.
It is through these unhelpful reactions that "fears" can
develop about speaking, which may become part of the problem. After
all, many of us might be worried about being labelled "nervous",
"stupid" or "inferior", and would quickly lose
confidence if we were.
Furthermore, being told not to worry about what other people think
or say, while well meant, is usually very difficult or impossible
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Rees
(10) only stammered at school and only in some lessons. It made a
real difference to him when we arranged an informal meeting for him,
his teacher and his parents.
He came up with some sensible ideas to help his teacher deal with
those difficult moments.
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