Happy Earth Day and thank you Earl (our hero!)

[Guest guest]

For those of you that are not aware- today is not only Earth Day but the release

day of the Disneynature movie Earth which features the narrative voice of the

unmistakable Earl . Earl is known for his powerful and

beautiful voice...but are all of you aware that Earl is not only a

stutterer but a spokesperson for the National Stuttering Foundation?

http://www.stutteringhelp.org

In fact here's an entire poster you can purchase for your child that features

some famous stutterers

http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Portals/English/18_famous_people_may2009.pdf

Some of you may be thinking " but my child is apraxia " or " my child doesn't

stutter " or even " my child has just a simple delay in speech " but the point is

that these are people that overcame their speech disability and rose way above

anyone else! And also some of you may not be aware that like apraxia

-stuttering is another motor planning disorder of speech. I recall years ago

some experts from Canada speculated that perhaps apraxia is " the most severe

form of stuttering "

Here's just two articles on it -many more out there.

Recent Developments in Speech Motor Research into Stuttering

http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowFulltext & ArtikelNr=\

21518 & Ausgabe=225815 & ProduktNr=224177

Stuttering and Sentence Length

http://jslhr.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/4/651

The effects of simulated stuttering and prolonged speech on the neural

activation patterns of stuttering and nonstuttering adults

Posted by Callier Library on October 1, 2008

http://callierlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-effects-of-simulated-stutteri\

ng-and-prolonged-speech-on-the-neural-activation-patterns-of-stuttering-and-nons\

tuttering-adults/

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