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Stuttering Facts
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Dealing with stuttering
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Stuttering is contagious. True or False?
False. You cannot catch stuttering from a stutterer.
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A type of sport that uses a bat and glove.

Baseball

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Stuttering something you can fix. True or False.
False. In some cases, very young children outgrow their stuttering, but there is no medicine to make it stop.
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an animal that lives in the ocean, has fins, and sharp teeth.

shark

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a tool use to clean your teeth

toothbrush

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Stuttering something you are born with. True or False?
True. Stuttering is a biological condition.
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A place where children go to learn

school

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When a stutterer is blocked on a word she should bounce on the first sound? True or False?
True. He/She should bounce on the word so she can say the word with fluently. Bouncing is an easy repetition of the beginning of a word.
200

a breakfast food made from potato

hashbrown

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holiday between Halloween and Christmas

Thanksgiving

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Stuttering runs in families. True or False?
True. Studies of twins show that if one twin stutters, the other twin is more likely to stutter. Stutterers often have children who stuttter.
300

An animal that is extinct

dinosaur

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Telling a stutterer to slow down or say it again is a good way to help them get through a stutter. True or False?
False. Telling a stutterer to slow down or say it again doesn't help them. It only adds more stress to the stutterer if they are still trying to say the word.
300

A synonym for embarrassed 

ashamed

300

A large basin in the bathroom that is often made of porcelain and can hold water.

bathtub

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Do stutterers always stutter the same way? Yes or No?
No. Stutterers are unique and have different ways of stuttering.
400

A place to go look at artwork.

Museum

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Name one technique that stutterers use to help control their stuttering.
Bouncing, stretching, pausing, voluntary stuttering.
400

A piece of protective equipment that soccer players wear

shinguards

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a synonym for the word dad

father

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How many Americans stutter? a) over 100 million b) over 5 million c) over 3 million d) none of the above
c) over 3 million
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The city where the Alamo is located

San Antonio

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When you stutter your muscles loose and relaxed. True or false?
False. When someone stutters their muscles tighten and that prevents them from speaking.
500

A type of candy that looks like a rope. It can be red or black

licorice

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A type of plant which typically has a prickly stem and leaves and rounded heads of purple flowers.

thistle