Stutter Eyewitness

When Professor Millett initially assigned this reaction project, I honestly speculated that the process of producing a stutter in a crowded place would be a transparent and compendious case. However, I found myself preparing for the experience and quickly vacating the stuttering pursuit due to emerging feelings of pure apprehension. While the majority people (including myself) do occasionally have momentary disfluency from time to time, having a true fluency disorder such as a stutter can present various difficulties for the PWS (person who stutters). At times, I would tell myself “I will accomplish this,” and instantly feel the crowd’s eyes on me and become overwhelmed, knowing that I would soon feel consumed with embarrassment. During this experiment, I tried to consider the people I grew up with who stutter. …show more content…
My partner later told me about people nearby that were staring, snickering and laughing at me in the background. Truthfully, I couldn’t even hear anyone besides the woman assisting me because I was entirely committed to staying in my “stuttering” character and getting the items I needed. Also, my partner observed that my face became very flushed and my movements were increasingly fidgety throughout those few minutes of interaction. For this reason, I reserve the utmost respect for people who stutter. Each day a PWS needs to communicate to get a desired item, ask a question, convey an idea, or merely introduce themselves, they may endure widespread hardships. The degree of the stutter may differ from person to person just as the impact of the stutter has on each individual. Altogether, this assignment has allowed me to put myself in the shoes of a PWS and I feel more sympathetic towards them completely. This assignment has also strengthened my devotion in becoming a speech-language pathologist in order to help individuals like communication disorders, like