Stuttering: A matter of mind over matter???
I was talking to a shipping/receiving manager today at one of the stores I frequent for merchandising and we got to discussing left handed folks because he stated that, because he writes with his left hand, it makes it more difficult for people to imitate because most folks write with their right hand.
He also mentioned as part of his story that he had a friend Carl that he grew up with in Dallas, and had later become a prominent real estate person. However, while growing up Carl's friends would all try to help him with his stuttering to overcome it. Carl eventually went to University of Arkansas while this manager went to Baylor. At any rate, while Carl was there he attended some speech therapy programs and they thought that they would try to do something. They allowed him to write with his left hand.
As a result, his stuttering decreased to the point of completely disappearing as he retaught himself to write with his left hand.
Is there a connection with the brain when we force a child to change his manner of penmanship merely because it is status quo to be writing with the right hand???? In this case, there certainly seemed to be a connection in that the brain was less confused by writing with his left hand naturally and the stuttering disappeared. Is this what precipitated the change in society's thinking about taking away the child's natural ability to use his/her left hand - not only in writing????
That is something certainly to look further into and learn from for future reference in dealing with children's battles of having a dominance in one hand or another. Sometimes, I guess it just doesn't pay to play with mother nature, does it???
He also mentioned as part of his story that he had a friend Carl that he grew up with in Dallas, and had later become a prominent real estate person. However, while growing up Carl's friends would all try to help him with his stuttering to overcome it. Carl eventually went to University of Arkansas while this manager went to Baylor. At any rate, while Carl was there he attended some speech therapy programs and they thought that they would try to do something. They allowed him to write with his left hand.
As a result, his stuttering decreased to the point of completely disappearing as he retaught himself to write with his left hand.
Is there a connection with the brain when we force a child to change his manner of penmanship merely because it is status quo to be writing with the right hand???? In this case, there certainly seemed to be a connection in that the brain was less confused by writing with his left hand naturally and the stuttering disappeared. Is this what precipitated the change in society's thinking about taking away the child's natural ability to use his/her left hand - not only in writing????
That is something certainly to look further into and learn from for future reference in dealing with children's battles of having a dominance in one hand or another. Sometimes, I guess it just doesn't pay to play with mother nature, does it???
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