True or False
Bringing attention to your child's stuttering makes it worse.
FALSE:
Acknowledging stuttering can have a positive effect
Telling a PWS to "relax" does not help
FACT!
Those who clutter speak faster than average
FALSE:
rate is not always faster (in terms of numbers) but is perceived as fast to the listener
person is speaking at a rate that is too fast for their system to handle
Stuttering is caused by anxiety
CAP!
Stuttering and anxiety can coexist but there is no research supporting anxiety as a cause for stuttering
PWC may be aware of the disorder but not aware in the moment that is it happening
TRUE
Cluttering happens when a person is speaking at a rate that is too fast for their system to handle
FACT
PWC aren't affected emotionally or mentally by their communication disorder
FALSE
PWC can suffer emotionally and/or mentally just like PWS
PWC aren't aware of their disorder.
CAP
In order to be diagnosed with cluttering disorder, you have to to clutter all the time
CAP!
clear moments of cluttering even a small majority of the the time are enough to be diagnosed