Stuttering Facts

Have you observed the way people react to the persons having speech disorder called "stuttering"? It is true that people usually show inconsiderate behavior when they see someone who have hard time speaking in the right way. This even extends to treating them as stupid, dumb and useless. Moreover, the person's qualities or personality is decided by the mere fact that the person's speech is impressive! It is ignored that this disorder has nothing to do with a person's other abilities.

This unfortunate truth is really a sad experience of the persons afflicted by this minor disorder. Irrespective of whether you belong to this minority of people, estimated to be around 1% of total population in the world, it is useful for you to know the basic facts and truths about this minor disease so that you are well informed to deal with the situation or to help those unfortunates. Certainly, the parents of the children who stammer will find this information to be of great use.

Some of the important and thought provoking truths about stammering that you should know:

• There is absolutely no reason to connect the stuttering disorder to any other mental or physical ability of the person. In other words, the stammering person is as normal as any other individual. As speech is assumed to reflect the thinking ability, such individuals may be perceived to have some mental issues but it is completely unconnected to mental powers.

• People get this disorder at the age between 2 and 5 usually. It is recognized at this stage.
• Incidence of stutter is likely to be 4 times more for boys than it is for girls.
• Exact cause for this speech disorder has not yet been convincingly found out.
• It is observed that this speech disorder is prevalent in some families leading scientists to assume genetic transmission.

Many persons have made a mark in history even though they had this defect in many fields including entertainment and politics. Do you know that world famous actress Marilyn Monroe, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, King George VI, famous writer, Lewis Carrol, musician Carly Simon, and former US President George. W. Bush were among the illustrious persons who were afflicted with this disorder.

One of the problems associated with this disorder is that the persons feel that their speech is uncontrollable and creates in their mind worry and fear that makes them ashamed and further interferes their speech pattern, as they feel stressed in the situations they need to speak. This anxiety acts to increase the stress which intensifies stammering intensity and frequency thus making a vicious circle.

It is also observed that the stuttering pattern undergoes changes in the life span of the person. It is seen as variation in intensity during different situations. Sometime it may disappear on its own but it can also reappear without warning. Many kids who might experience difficulties to speak will outgrow that and learn but few will not be able to make the transition. Being misunderstood is the main problem these people face socially and it is necessary for everyone to understand and help the friends or family members afflicted by this minor but humiliating disorder.

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