Stuttering Workshop

One of my therapists, Gail Wilson Lew, puts up a workshop for stutterers.
This workshop is simply called Children Who Stutter and Their Parents.
This takes place on certain days, inside a place which is part of PCC.

The workshop, as it's name suggests, is not only for people or kids who stutter, but is also very beneficial to their parents. We have stutterers giving out speeches, we sometimes watch videos, we do activities etc. There is a special room for teens, fun activities for kids, discussions with parents and other adults, and more.

I've obviously attended these workshops, and from what I have seen, they are, by far, one of the best places for a stutterer to improve his or her self-esteem, meet others, learn more about the subject of stuttering, and a number of other things.
As for the parents, they are able to learn a great deal on such things like how to deal with their child's stuttering, and they can talk to other parents who are going through the same thing.
also, students who want to be therapists, or just people who want to gain more knowledge about stuttering or are doing a project in school on the topic, will certainly find this workshop very beneficial.
So check it out!
To contact Gail, her phone # is: (626)355-3397

Stuttering Holds Workers Back

I always thought this might be true, and now I know:
A survey was taken on people who stutter. The result showed that many people think they would have better job if they did not stutter. And others know for sure that they did not get a specific job or their interview was cut short because of their stuttering.

The employers probably don't know anything about stuttering, so they get these wrong ideas that the stutterer is a retard. This used to happen in my school too, with kids. But later, they admitted the fact they were wrong. I admit that I would've thought the same if I didn't stutter. But I would've done further research before coming into conclusions.

Well, I've heard that stutterers generally possess a higher I.Q. than others, and think about all the famous people that have stuttered. I guess you could tell that to your employers. All the people that stutter in my school (2 of them, other than me) are considered to be highly intelligent by others.

But all stutterers should still continue to work on, to improve their speech.

To learn more about the bad news, read this link.