Showing posts with label recover stutter medical PWS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recover stutter medical PWS. Show all posts

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Can a PWS recover from stuttering?

I have talked to a few PWS about recovering from stuttering. I once read about a man who called himself a recovered or recovering stutterer. Then, in an interview with Pam Mertz, a wonderful lady who stutters herself and has her own blog, when she asked me why I got into Speech Language Pathology, I told her I wanted to help children or adults who stutter accept and recover from their stuttering. She then asked me what I meant by "recover," and I told her that I think one can recover from stuttering by coming to the point in their lives where they can accept their stutter and who they are as a person who stutters. Later, in a skype chat with fellow PWS, one man told me that in the medical field "recover" refers to the state of being that one has overcome or regained full functioning or even was cured from a disease or disability that was inflicting them. Thus, he concluded that since there is no cure for stuttering, a PWS cannot recover from stuttering. This fellow PWS made a good point, and I am beginning to reconsider my thoughts on this topic. What does the term "recover" really mean? Does it mean that you become fluent? Or could it just mean that you have come to the state of mind that you completely accept yourself and your stutter and are thus able to better manage your stutter, your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions?
I welcome any comments on this topic, as I am very interested in it.
Until next time.... Thanks!