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thanks hilary children are a great leveller and so perceptive judy >From: Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Severe stuttoring >Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:15:58 -0400 > >What a heartwarming story! >it reminds me of the other day - i was riding on the metro in DC, and i was >very dyskinetic. I was feeling a little conspicuous and uncomfortable but >trying to pretend nothing out of the ordinary was happening, and hoping >nobody would react , when i became aware of a little girl , about two and a >half, sitting diagonally across the aisle. SHe smiled happily at me, and >much >to her mother's chagrin, started "dancing" with me. HEr big grin was >infections, and i smiled back, and then her mother must have realised what >was > happening, because she smiled too, and soon everybody was smiling, and >the >little girl and i just 'danced'! > >hilary blue > > > >Marling McReynolds wrote: >. > > I would like to add a little story about my grandson, David. Just > > over 2 years ago he was a very shy 8 year old who sometimes > > stuttered, especially if he had to speak in front of very many > > people, as in class at school. He was embarrassed by this and > > tended to be a very quiet person. Then I began to stutter. One > > day, late in the afternoon as I drove him home from school, he > > noticed my stuttering. He said, "Grandma, you stutter just like > > me." I said yes I do now. > > He began to overcome his problem from then on. It was as if it was > > suddenly ok for him to stutter because his grandmother did too. > > He is now a very outgoing boy with many friends and even > > performed in a school dialogue play about Martin Luther King this > > year. He has almost no stutter left, and he is the most helpful to > > me when I just cannot get my words out. > > Marling > > 51/5 > > still trying to laugh > > > > by the way, ever try to use sign language because you cannot talk, > > while your hand is tremoring?? such fun, NOT. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com