| In my humble opinion there are two types of | | | | actually became more severe. |
| therapy for stuttering; firstly there are the | | | | Now I understand that speech therapy is free |
| traditional forms of speech therapy and secondly | | | | from charge via our National Health Service |
| there are the specialist treatments for people | | | | however I personally felt let down by them. |
| who stutter. The traditional speech therapists do | | | | I would hope that the types of therapy that |
| not attempt to help the person who has a stutter | | | | these traditional speech therapists are currently |
| to achieve fluency as they do not believe that | | | | offering to people who have a stutter will have |
| there is a cure for stuttering. The specialists aim is | | | | improved a fair amount over the last decade. The |
| to help there clients to attain total fluency as they | | | | sheer fact that they have not ever had a stutter |
| know that you can achieve this. Which form of | | | | still means, in my opinion, that they can not fully |
| treatment would you prefer? | | | | understand what it is like to have a stutter. |
| Now some would say that I am rather bitter. I | | | | A specialist in stuttering will normally be somebody |
| attended speech therapy for fourteen years | | | | who has overcome this form of speech |
| during a period of my life where I was desperate | | | | impediment. They will now be offering a service |
| to achieve fluency, basically my childhood! Speech | | | | where by they help other people who stutter to |
| therapy seemed to be the only option back then; | | | | achieve fluency. Typically they will offer a course |
| this was before the birth of the internet. Not only | | | | which is either on a one-to-one or group basis. |
| did I not reach my goal of fluency the stutter | | | | |