tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post5412574590743452499..comments2024-03-09T02:39:40.253-08:00Comments on Hallucinations!: How to react when you meet a person who stuttersShruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-82480548998774850072012-09-29T12:36:22.701-07:002012-09-29T12:36:22.701-07:00I read the post repeatedly & people comments ....I read the post repeatedly & people comments ... truly liked it, gives some tips or general guidelines to people how to behave when they run across a person who stammers, but I feel the real question is Why react at all? Any controlled reaction is not normal & is easily mistook as acting smart gesture or may be even pity. People must just think stammers are also speakers like normal persons, but with some interruptions. They must just listen carefully as any good listener should do normally. If not understood or unclear, ask for repetitions. Speech experts have still not known the root cause of stammer or how to get rid of it completely. In my case, In fact all the speech organs were checked & confirmed that they are perfectly fine, there is no hindrance in speaking fluently. They don't know why stammer happens in some people & not other. So I feel there is nothing special care need to be taken when speaking with a person who stammers. If you see a person with wheel chair, if he/she is finding difficulty in climbing stairs or going somewhere, you may politely ask whether you can help. coz in such a situation its rude not to intervene, owing the fact that the person actually & really needs help. & Stammering persons don't need help ! - This is the point I wanted to make it loud & clear. astrosunilnomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766713953489677873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-40778422113055790642012-06-25T23:49:52.130-07:002012-06-25T23:49:52.130-07:00Good!
I must tell you about this work acquaintance...Good!<br />I must tell you about this work acquaintance, a top shot in the finance industry who stutters-- but this doesn't stop him from asking questions on conference calls with 200 plus ppl listening...austerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-50323863152775856452012-06-25T20:53:24.476-07:002012-06-25T20:53:24.476-07:00Thank you Lakshmi, Roopa! :)Thank you Lakshmi, Roopa! :)Shruthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-61960512896079782852012-06-25T11:26:31.349-07:002012-06-25T11:26:31.349-07:00Lovely post Shruth...as always.
Every time I read ...Lovely post Shruth...as always.<br />Every time I read your blog..I feel like I have learned something good to be a better person. Thank you!<br />So proud of you...<br />:-)Roopanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-73542826378186848962012-06-20T02:29:42.585-07:002012-06-20T02:29:42.585-07:00I know you through your blog and your updates in m...I know you through your blog and your updates in mukta balaga blog. I always thought “You are Happy Go Lucky” person. You had everything “good” in life. <br /><br />Personally I didn’t get a chance to interact much with stutter in day-to-day activity. But I’m sure, I will be patient and hear them completely. Today, I got other perspective – how that person feels. Thanks for share the feeling.<br /><br />I used to admire you for the way you write and the way you take care of your little kid. Now, I admire you more. Have a great day :-)<br /><br />LakshmiUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14226516513235019719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-88726144648579377542012-06-18T09:43:14.571-07:002012-06-18T09:43:14.571-07:00Anon at 3:31, you are right. Anybody a little dif...Anon at 3:31, you are right. Anybody a little different from "ordinary." Thanks!<br /><br />Achu, aww, how sweet :)<br /><br />Anu, if you have the time, and if you are willing to share your story with me, I would love to hear instances of what you faced in India, and in what ways it is different now. <br /><br />Rajk, LOL! My point exactly!<br /><br />Wanderer, thanks! And I have a question for you in my next post :)<br /><br />Rajnish, Veena, thanks!<br /><br />Anon at 9:53, Hmmm... I'm guessing they'll understand.Shruthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-29699260748347917592012-06-17T21:23:16.909-07:002012-06-17T21:23:16.909-07:00i have know people who stammers/stutters, but i ha...i have know people who stammers/stutters, but i have never had any problem with that. <br />But, i always do find it very tough to talk to a person "Eye-to-Eye" if they have a squint !!<br />It takes more than a couple of glances to find out the dominant eye and then talk to that one eye. And even during the conversation, my eyes move between their two eyes trying to verify if i'm still talking to the dominant eye. <br />Very uncomfortable for me. I wonder how they would feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-68928066992470529532012-06-16T07:05:53.766-07:002012-06-16T07:05:53.766-07:00Nicely written Shruthi...Nicely written Shruthi...Veena Shivannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732107171313241385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-49454856844651563242012-06-16T01:01:52.305-07:002012-06-16T01:01:52.305-07:00that's a really nice post. A new perspective o...that's a really nice post. A new perspective on stuttering.<br />www.rajnishonline.blogspot.comRajnishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554181871447936478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-33019958684294028702012-06-14T22:28:46.805-07:002012-06-14T22:28:46.805-07:00This is why I like you. This and many more such th...This is why I like you. This and many more such things. Such simplicity, outspokenness and open mindedness. All these days I could've never thought you stutter. And I don't find it making any difference to how I perceive you. You are the same old Shruthi.Wandererhttp://coffeetimeconversations.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-32099885216030687552012-06-14T10:53:14.958-07:002012-06-14T10:53:14.958-07:00Shruthi, sorry, somehow thought you'd wanted y...Shruthi, sorry, somehow thought you'd wanted your name not mentioned in the blog...I realise now that it's not so. My bad. <br />And while I'm here...I have to agree with CC. Hindi movies (maybe other regional ones too) have ALWAYS portrayed persons who stutter as comical characters...Ok, except Shah Rukh Khan in Darr. Wait, he was the bad guy there...Well, I rest my case.rajkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473706252786535841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-50593676363248250002012-06-14T07:50:52.502-07:002012-06-14T07:50:52.502-07:00Great to read this. Hats off to you for being so ...Great to read this. Hats off to you for being so candid.<br /><br />For all the years I lived in India I was hiding my deafness. It was horrible.<br /><br />When I moved out and no longer had to pretend to have perfect hearing it was such a blessed relief.<br /><br />My nephew stutters too and I shall be sure to pass this on to him.Anuhttp://mobiustext.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-9864201035565064992012-06-14T04:51:05.381-07:002012-06-14T04:51:05.381-07:00What a candid post! Loved you for your writing alw...What a candid post! Loved you for your writing always. But this post makes me love you all the more. :)Achuhttp://babble2blabber.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-6008347263472513862012-06-14T03:01:39.193-07:002012-06-14T03:01:39.193-07:00Really good one.
I can extend this to the reacti...Really good one.<br /><br /> I can extend this to the reactions of people in general to those who are different from them.<br /><br />for example: If you speak with a different accent,or if you bravely try to use a new language, then also some people talk impatiently often raising their voice as if you are hard of understanding.<br /><br />It can happen if you are old, fat ill, differently dressed etc etc. <br /><br />Parts of your post could be used to learn how to behave with any of these people. <br /><br />Good read. Keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-90426311604964918622012-06-14T01:26:25.847-07:002012-06-14T01:26:25.847-07:00CC, yeah, will probably do a post on that sometime...CC, yeah, will probably do a post on that sometime.<br /><br />Parijata, glad this helped.<br /><br />Radhika, good you brought that up, because I need to know what the other person is feeling!<br /> We love to talk too, to be heard, for our opinions to be valued :) And speaking gets easier when we get more comfortable with the person we are talking to. <br /><br />Anoop, I find the captcha hard too! But I really have no choice - you should see the kind of spam I get even with the filter!Shruthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-9241354324449239982012-06-13T23:29:31.343-07:002012-06-13T23:29:31.343-07:00from all these years I have known you (online), ha...from all these years I have known you (online), had never pictured you to be someone who would stutter. probably because of the eloquence in your articles.<br /><br />hey those captcha for comment spam are really hard.. and im 100% human! :)anoophttp://anubimb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-6705379238113404222012-06-13T22:28:20.904-07:002012-06-13T22:28:20.904-07:00Thanks for the post Shruthi. I used to feel guilty...Thanks for the post Shruthi. I used to feel guilty when the person I'm talking to stutters, thinking that I'm troubling them. Not anymore, thanks to you.Radhikanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-90868859358369750392012-06-13T21:14:47.141-07:002012-06-13T21:14:47.141-07:00I am so glad you brought this up. And yes, as othe...I am so glad you brought this up. And yes, as others said, really admire you.parijatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766691048085485541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-9021467834034638822012-06-13T19:46:15.078-07:002012-06-13T19:46:15.078-07:00Cannot wait to hear... Something tells me your nar...Cannot wait to hear... Something tells me your narration will capture the subtleties very well.CCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-66831984896987157872012-06-13T18:07:14.315-07:002012-06-13T18:07:14.315-07:00RajK, glad you found it useful :) And 1) I have al...RajK, glad you found it useful :) And 1) I have always used my real name on my blog, from the beginning, just wary about photographs, though :)<br />2) LOL at "celebrity"! <br />Thank you!<br /><br />CC, you have noooo idea! I could tell you stories about some people in school too, which you can't imagine either.:) And yes I absolutely blame movies for making comical characters stutter, and usually these people are also stupid in the movies. Terrible.<br /><br />Aarthi, Anon, thanks!Shruthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-46757957997012498462012-06-13T08:32:53.540-07:002012-06-13T08:32:53.540-07:00lovely said Shruthi!lovely said Shruthi!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-56041298302700250652012-06-13T06:49:53.231-07:002012-06-13T06:49:53.231-07:00Wow I love this post of yours Shruti!
you are such...Wow I love this post of yours Shruti!<br />you are such a brave person.<br />All that we need is to be natural right in any situation that comes our way :)Aarthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141354389819673488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-82881858786395277392012-06-13T02:46:57.005-07:002012-06-13T02:46:57.005-07:00I'm so proud of you! And you know I never imag...I'm so proud of you! And you know I never imagined some of the things you've outlined can happen in real life. I wonder sometimes if the movie world is to be blamed for their insensitive portrayal of stuttering and their attempt to make only comical characters stutter.CCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-61818349108621869132012-06-12T23:59:11.145-07:002012-06-12T23:59:11.145-07:00Hey! As before, thanks for this. This will be help...Hey! As before, thanks for this. This will be helpful to many, including me. These are things that one may want answers for but never knows how to ask...<br />On a different note, I guess the rule of not using your name on the blog is no longer valid - what with you becoming somewhat of a celebrity, huh? (newspaper articles, writing awards)<br />Here's to more success to you...always!rajkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473706252786535841noreply@blogger.com