In 2019, Stuttering Therapy Resources Co-Owner Nina Reeves introduced the term "verbal diversity" as a way of expressing our views about stuttering, specifically, that stuttering should be viewed as one example of how people speak. It is not bad or wrong; it is simply different. This view permeates everything we do at STR.
Following are several materials that help SLPs and others understand what we mean when we talk about stuttering as verbal diversity. Follow the links to learn more!
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STR Practical Tip Handout: Stuttering as Verbal Diversity: How Does this Change our Role as SLPs?
- STR Practical Tip Handout: What Caregivers of Children and Teens Who Stutter Can Do
- ASHA Leader #1: Toward Stutter-Affirming Therapy
- ASHA Leader #2: If Stuttering Is Neurodiversity, What Is Our Role as SLPs?
- STR Blog Post: Acceptance of Stuttering: One Stutterer's Perspective
- STR Blog Post: If Stuttering Is Verbal Diversity, Is It still a Disorder?
Click here to view our new verbal diversity MERCHANDISE!
Our t-shirts, totes, and notebooks can help you spread the word that it really is okay to stutter!!
As we prepare for the second phase of our Verbal Diversity Initiative, we have a gift for you:
Download a free Practical Tip on the role of the SLP and a free verbal diversity activity
Click the images below for an STR Blog Post and our Instagram Highlights
on the importance of viewing stuttering as verbal diversity.
Finally, click the images below to learn more about what verbal diversity means to us!
