tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post2092951767813735435..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: We need more competition!Tom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-5306293993374388552008-12-12T16:40:00.000+01:002008-12-12T16:40:00.000+01:00Why does the McGuire programme compare losing your...Why does the McGuire programme compare losing your stuttering to losing weight? Is that appropriate?<BR/><BR/>David McGuire used to play Tennis, and uses a lot of sports psychology....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-51831253602737330392008-12-11T22:28:00.000+01:002008-12-11T22:28:00.000+01:00The McGuire Programme is run very much with a spor...The McGuire Programme is run very much with a sports mentality, it promotes habitual changes to your speaking and life in general.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-30354969052437220512008-12-11T16:09:00.000+01:002008-12-11T16:09:00.000+01:00I think sports psychology could be very useful in ...I think sports psychology could be very useful in stuttering treatment, because you need to change behaviours and you need to have goals and challenges.Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-33842858502491360372008-12-11T16:07:00.000+01:002008-12-11T16:07:00.000+01:00It only goes away for mild and covert stutterers, ...It only goes away for mild and covert stutterers, but not for people who exhibit a lot of stuttering.Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-57733003355698141252008-12-11T07:59:00.000+01:002008-12-11T07:59:00.000+01:00This is a horrible idea. It frustrates me to no e...This is a horrible idea. It frustrates me to no end that people think that stuttering is something that you can "overcome". To add a competitive edge to it will make those who feel a great shame and pain about their stuttering feel even worse. The movement should be towards a greater acceptance of stuttering in the society. Not changing the stutterers to fit the society's expectations of "normal" speech.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938616685704772126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-12663142324118658202008-12-11T03:38:00.000+01:002008-12-11T03:38:00.000+01:00I have a new student with a "developmental" tremor...I have a new student with a "developmental" tremor. He's very athletic and can play any sport, but can not use fasteners and has difficulty when eating or writing. He also has days where there is hardly a tremor, but if he is excited, happy, upset or stressed they increase dramatically. I see more of a correlation to this fine motor tremor re: mastering stuttering, then I do comparing improving stuttering and mastering a sport or chess. Those who master a sport have a nervous system "set" with very few if any "flaws." There has to be something else, other than practice, that improve the underlying systems. They should run automatically--then "practice" can improve on that "set"--but practice does not replace the "set" of the underlying systems. <BR/><BR/>Just a thought.<BR/>LynneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-29709089581837613862008-12-11T01:48:00.000+01:002008-12-11T01:48:00.000+01:00The Irony of Stuttering....The Irony of Stuttering...The Irony of Stuttering....<BR/><BR/>The Irony of Stuttering: The Irony of stuttering is that the problem goes away when you no longer care about it. (Maybe this applies to some people).<BR/><BR/>Stuttering is diff. for each individual person.<BR/><BR/>I am no Chess master, but any master chess player who stutter.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Tom...Happy Birthday! Good luck trying to figure out stuttering. (Solving the unsolvable problem of stuttering)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com