Re: Movies are awesome for awareness- here's one coming out!!

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> Movie may help increase awareness

> Anne McIlroy

> From Monday's Globe and Mail

> Published Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 11:24PM EST

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> Researchers who study stuttering say they are hopeful a new movie will raise

awareness about the disorder.

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> The King's Speech, a film to be released in Canada next month, is based on the

true story of how King VI, father of the Queen, overcame a debilitating

stammer with the help of an unorthodox speech therapist.

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> Colin Firth plays King VI and Geoffrey Rush plays Lionel Logue, who

used breathing exercises and a form of Freudian therapy to help his royal

client. The film was screened at the Toronto film festival in September.

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> " In the film, he got a lot of benefit from his speech therapist. But I think

he never considered himself cured. He was able to manage his stuttering much

better, " said University of Oxford scientist Kate Watkins.

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> Breathing exercises are still used to help people overcome stuttering, she

added, but the idea that stuttering stems from traumatic events in childhood

isn't credible.

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> Michigan State University scientist Soo-Eun Chang said Mr. Firth's performance

is authentic.

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> " He didn't overdo the stuttering. "

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> Most movies portray people who stutter as weird or anxious, or not

intelligent, she said.

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> " This is very exciting. It can be a debilitating disorder. Children are teased

awfully at school. It can be really bad. But compared to dyslexia or autism, not

a lot of interest has been given to stuttering.

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