MYTH. When a child stutters, it is not the parents’ fault. Stress in a child’s environment can increase stuttering, but is not the cause.
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Labeling a child as a stutterer results in chronic stuttering.
MYTH. This belief arises from a study that was discredited decades ago.
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Stuttering usually begins in childhood, between the ages of 2 and 5 years.
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Stuttering is a genetically-influenced condition: most of the time, if there is one person in a family who stutters, there will be another person in the family who also stutters.
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Children who stutter are imitating a stuttering parent or relative.
MYTH. Stuttering is not contagious. It may run in families, but the cause is due to genetics, not imitation.
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Stuttering varies significantly over time: Sometimes, people will have periods in which the stuttering appears to go away, only to have it return. This variability is normal.
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Forcing a left-handed child to become right-handed causes stuttering.
MYTH. This was widely believed early in the 20th century but has been disproven in most studies since 1940.
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People stutter because they are nervous.
MYTH. While people who stutter may be nervous because they stutter, nervousness is not the cause.
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Stuttering is more common among males than females. In adults, the male-to-female ratio is about 4 to 1; in children, it is closer to 2 to 1.
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When people stutter, they might feel like they have lost control of their speech mechanism.
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People who stutter are less intelligent or capable.
MYTH. People who stutter disprove this every day, achieving success in every profession imaginable (can you think of any?).
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About 1% of the world’s population stutters.
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People who stutter often try to avoid stuttering, perhaps by trying to speak quickly, by forcing through moments of stuttering, or by not speaking at all when they fear that they might stutter.
FACT. These behaviors can actually increase stuttering.
