Comments on: Are you a “1,5 Stutterer?” – understanding the Stuttering Jack Scale

By: Stuttering Chat

Stuttering Chat — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:00:00 +0000

By: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) - a treatment for stuttering or not? | Stuttering Jack

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:14:57 +0000

[...] believe it is better suited to those people who I would rate as a mild stutterer (1,5 or 1,4 on the Stuttering Jack Scale of severity). That is, people who are low on the actual physical scale, but high on the [...]

By: nishnat

nishnat — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:23:13 +0000

Hi, I am 21 year old and i am stuttering when i was 7 year old because my aunt have the same problem and i use to imitate my aunt for joke and it has become very serious for the rest of my life. I think i am a (1,4) stutterer and my aunt is (1,5) stutter. i feel very anxious and my fore hands swet,s when my mind alerts me to speak. I heard about herbal medicine to reduce the anxiety ( PURE CALM), is it good to use such type of medicines ? I need ur help. I stutter very worstly , my tounge twists and pulls my teeth in forward direction . I feel very sad for this.

By: Stuttering's Hidden Side - the psychological symptoms of stuttering | Stuttering Jack

Sat, 02 May 2009 21:39:06 +0000

[...] with the struggle to get the words out fluently, however, as was the subject of my post on the Stuttering Jack Method of assessing the severity of stuttering, there are other less obvious symptoms of stuttering that [...]

By: M Kashif

M Kashif — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:31:00 +0000

Hello, I am 23 years old and I am stuttering when I was 8 years old. From last 2 years I am working on stuttering, I took stutter therapy classes but i quit it after 2 months because all they was focusing on breathing techniques only to avoid stutter. I wish they could have in-depth knowledge and study of stuttering like you.

Now i am seriously and continuously working on my self stutter therapy (yes, its complicated) and for this i am getting help from MALCOLM FRASER self therapy book and you can say that in last 6 months i improved my speech by 25%. Thanks and please keep writing
Cheers

By: M Kashif

M Kashif — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:31:00 +0000

By: Speech Therapy For Stuttering - Is it For Everyone? (Adults Part 1) | Stuttering Jack

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:28:12 +0000

[...] up with a simple “rough and ready” way to differentiate between them in my last post about the Stuttering Jack Method. The reason that we need to differentiate between them is that it is very important to know these [...]

By: Joel Johnson

Joel Johnson — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:27:26 +0000

I like your method SJ. I guess I am a 3,5 Stutterer in that I probably have an average stutter but I really worry about it and it stops me participating in a lot of social functions where speaking it involved whcih is most situations. I am going to get some speech therapy soon so hopefully there will be some changes to all this.

By: Joel Johnson

Joel Johnson — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:27:00 +0000

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Stuttering Jack,

I am 31 years old, and have been stuttering all my life (or at least as long as I can remember talking). January of this year, I learned for the first time that stuttering was considered to be a disability….

I am a youth minister, I make a living with my words in front of teens, their parents, and the entire church. So, I feel a lot in common with Moses and his back forth debate with God in Exodus. We aren’t told what Moses’ speech impediment was, but I like to think Moses stuttered a lot, and apparantly it affected him emotionally, so I would place him as a 3, 4 range at the beginning of his leadership as Israel’s deliverer. Now, I write all of that to also say this, I was at a conference in January for youth ministers, sitting in a class for ministering to kids with special needs, and I was floored when one of the disabilities mentioned was stuttering.

I felt like for the first time I saw myself differently. I have always felt different, ashamed even to be asked to talk, and always aware of my speech blocks, and speech dysfluency. I had answers, and yet was a little aggravated. My teachers, parents, relatives, never treated me differently. Of course my peers were cruel. In grade school especially, I looked like Porky Pig and talked like him.

I have just begun to do some private reading on stuttering and surviving with stuttering. Your website and blog has been helpful, as has “stuttering me.”

I am not afraid to talk in public, but have noticeable speech blocks and dysfluency, so I would place myself somewhere around 3, 3. However, when I am especially nervous, I would add that my second number increases to a 4, as I have in certain situations been so mad at myself for not being able to communicate clearly.

Going back to just learning that I have a “disability,” I used to think there was something wrong with me. I have always felt different. But, now learning what I have over the course of this year, I am seeing myself not so much as being deficient, but as one who has been giving a gift.

Jason Retherford
jasonretherford.wordpress.com