Is stuttering a disability?
There is a growing community of people who have become disability advocates for themselves as stutterers (or people with stutters) and others who stutter. Much in the same way that using a wheelchair limits people only to the extent that society constructs inaccessible infrastructure, many argue that stuttering limits speakers only as much as they are judged for stuttering. They draw parallels between the ways that society (and the medical field, including speech-language pathologists) treats and discusses people who stutter and the way that people with other disabilities are treated and discussed.
Some people who stutter identify with the disability label, while others do not. In the end, it is up to the person who stutters to determine whether they identify with the label.
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Samuel L. Jackson is a Black actor who stutters. He reports that he was able to overcome it through acting.
As airflow is the foundation of speech, when the airflow is obstructed due to tension and uncontrolled closing of oral muscles, the sound produced is compromised.
Craig Skistimas, also known as Stuttering Craig, the co-founder of ScrewAttack which is a production company for video games.
The adored pig from Looney Tunes, Porky Pig, has a stutter. It has been found that he stutters 23% of his spoken words and uses a wide variety of stuttering types.
Stuttering affects around 70 million people worldwide, so yes of course there is going to be a comedian who stutters.
The National Stuttering Association (https://westutter.org/) is a good website to find news about stuttering. The ‘Stuttering Foundation’ is another website that provides the most up to date news (https://www.stutteringhelp.org)
News reporter John Stossel is a news reporter who stuttered. News reporter and journalist Byron Pitts also stutter.
There are two general philosophies of stuttering treatment: Fluency shaping, and Stuttering acceptance
When an individual stutters, the voice may change as there is additional tension on the vocal folds and on the musculature surrounding it.