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PSA: stuttering in fics

as someone with a speech impediment, all of the people saying that only one type of stuttering is valid are wrong.

stuttering CAN look like this: "t-this is a-an example s-s-sentence"

OR this: "this-this is an example sen-sentence."

OR this: "t-t-t-th-..t-ttttthis is an example sentence."

OR this: "this is, uhm, an example, uh, sentence."

OR this: "this is an example sssssss-sentence."

OR this: "this is an examp-...this an example sentence."

sometimes the sentence won't even come out of your mouth at all.

there are probably many examples i'm forgetting, but that's the point! it usually is a mix of a few of these, but some people do one of them more often than others! some people with speech impediments have certain sounds that they almost consistently have trouble with (for me it's "st").

people with speech impediments also rarely-if ever-stutter whilst they're singing or whispering.

most importantly!!!! people with speech impediments are capable of saying a sentence without stuttering!! it can just be a gamble sometimes.

and if more people could portray the frustration that comes with stuttering and not being able to get words out, i'd be a very happy girl.

(fun fact: sometimes when my mouth won't let me say what i want to say, i get so annoyed that i just yell or grumble out "WORDS.")

this was your speech impediment PSA!!!!

As a speech therapist, I co-sign all this. There are three major types of stuttering and the awesome OP has given great examples of all of them — repetition (repeating a sound/syllable/word/phrase, like “this-this is an example sen-sentence”), prolongation (a sound coming out longer than usual, like “this is an example sssssssentence”), and blocking (no sound comes out at all for long time). A person might primarily exhibit only one of the types or they might have a combo of them.

Some days, my students’ stutters are way more pronounced than on other days. Sometimes they stutter less when they’re reading something vs when they’re just speaking spontaneously. When they sing, I don’t hear a stutter at all. (If I remember right from grad school, singing and acting activate a different part of the brain from speaking or something, which is why actors who stutter, like James Earl Jones [YES, DARTH VADER!!!], usually won’t stutter when saying their lines.) And it’s not just about being nervous or excited or anything. One of my kids is the most confident presenter in any classroom and stutters anyway.

I always tell my kids that I don’t care what anyone else thinks of their stutter. If they like how they speak, that’s awesome cuz being a happy communicator is what matters. But if they wanna work on some strategies for achieving more fluency (NOT easy to do btw cuz you have to be actively changing how you speak) or talk about their feelings/attitude about their stutter (they may perceive it as way more noticeable than it is to listeners) or desensitize themselves to their fear of how they’re being perceived, we can work on that. Stuttering can cuz so much shame for a person, which saddens me, but it can also be a point of pride. I had a kid who grew to see it as a special part of himself and joke with others that they must be jealous they don’t have a stutter. 😂

Anyway, thank you so much, OP, for sharing your experience and knowledge. Here’s to seeing more portrayals of characters who stutter in fics! 💓

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