What inspired you to specialize in stuttering?
Hello, my name is Ashley! I am currently a post bacc student pursing speech language pathology. I wanted to ask if you could share what inspired you to specialize in stuttering/cluttering and what improvements in the field that you would like to see for the future generations of professionals.
What a nice question!
My drive is those 2 together, I’m a person who stutters who wants the field to improve therapy! What I’m hoping for future generations of therapists is that the whole field (including the teaching universities etc) will embrace the paradigm shift that is going on towards neurodiversity/stuttering affirming therapy!
And within the broad range of the field, stuttering is just the best specialisation. You can do so much for people who stutter. They let you ride along their lines for a while. It is truly amazing!