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.
That is a sad reality for many people who tend to stutter. Whether you are
among the 1 percent of the world’s population that stutters or not, it helps to
know and understand the basic facts about this speech condition to put things
in a better perspective. This is especially helpful for parents with children
who stutter.
The following are some of the essential and interesting
facts about stammering that people should know:
• Individuals who stutter are normal, as they lack only the
ability to express words fluently. They are not mentally incapacitated as what
others perceive them to be. Stutterers can be as smart as non-stutterers are.
• Speech disfluency typically begins at the age of two to
five.
• Boys are four times more likely to stutter than girls.
• The real cause of stammering has not yet been determined.
• Speech disfluency runs in families, leading scientists to
believe that this condition can be hereditary.
• A lot of well-known people in the field of politics and
entertainment stuttered and were able to cope with their speech difficulties.
The world’s famous stutterers include actress Marilyn Monroe, British
politician Winston Churchill, King George VI, author Lewis Carroll, musician
Carly Simon, and former U.S. president George W. Bush.
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