Friday, December 02, 2011

It could be so easy



In a sense this is a perfect scenario for those advocating open stuttering, and a slap in the face for those who do not and preach we should not. This young singer very clearly stutters and struggles at time. But she is so relaxed, funny, and just gets on with speaking. And she is a good singer (check at 3:10)

Notice that the audience is not at all embarrassed. Why? Because she is not embarrassed! Isn't that what people sometimes tell us: What's so bad about stuttering, you are just not so fluent. So what? Is stuttering really purely neurological?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm new to comments here - how do I put 'LIKE A LOT'?? Thank you for this post!

Anonymous said...

I like this a lot too. Especially how the people are actually listening to her allowing her to continue talking. What drives me crazy is most people try to stop you from talking once they find out you stutter and are constantly trying to fill in words. Then it goes back to the excuse I don't know to react to someone who stutters, so I just went with the gut reaction to prevent you from speaking.

Anonymous said...

Quite impressive how she looks very relaxed.

Donnie said...

Is it wrong if seeing other people stutter make me afraid even more? I was listening to her speech with my face stiff and all I wanted is her to stop talking... It's traumatic enough hearing myself stuttering every day...