What are some ways I can help others people learn more about stuttering?
Ask your speech teacher if it is a good idea for you to use Michelle and Judy’s Therapy Picture Project – Helping Children Who Stutter Become Their Own Advocates. You can also use some ideas from John Ahlbach’s Stuttering Presentation Guide Return to index of questions Why do I stutter sometimes and not at other times? We really don’t know why that happens, but it seems that everyone who stutters does this. There are some theories that make sense. One is that people get the idea very, very quickly that they will stutter in some situations. For instance, if you have a really bad stuttering block while you are in the lunch line, that might plant the idea deep down in your mind that you will stutter when you have to stand in line. So a couple days later you are standing in line to buy a movie ticket and –wham! — you start stuttering! Another theory is that being “excited” can make you stutter because extra energy from other parts of your brain spills over into the part that controls spe
