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Podcast: Stuttering Solutions Atlanta
Episode: Emotional Trauma and Stuttering
Description: Many recent news interviews and articles have made a matter of fact declaration that "stuttering is not caused by trauma." Â It's true that young preschool children do not begin to stutter because of trauma. Â Stuttering is best classified as a neurological disorder. Â Now let's look at the role that traumatic experiences play in the complex communication disorder called stuttering- or stammering in the UK. Â Â Teasing, bullying, mimicking, stupid and harmful comments are traumatic for the person who stutters (pws). Â The pws develops anxiety, avoidance, and shame as a result of the traumatic experiences of said hurtful moments of stuttering. Â The pws...