ABSTRACT
Stammering is a disorder of fluency that can have profound and lifelong effects on the well-being and life experiences of the speaker. While observable levels of dysfluency sit within a spectrum, the underlying thoughts and feelings about one’s own stammer can have a dramatic impact on self-esteem and affect the ways in which one interacts with the world. This chapter proposes, through reference to the author’s experiences with a stammering caseload, a set of tangible guidelines to help healthcare professionals interact successfully and productively with this population, and to help treat them with the dignity and parity they can often find to be lacking in interactions with other service providers.
