What happens when we view speech and language therapy for children who stutter as a celebration of difference rather than a process of chasing fluency?
Is it possible to throw a party announcing we stutter, loud and proud?
About three years ago I sat in a room with six 10 and 11 year old boys who had attended therapy before for stuttering. This initial session was a goal setting one, what did we want to do for the next few months? I need to hang my colours to the mast here and say that the previous goal of therapy was not fluency and no fluency shaping technique had darkened our doors.