To make communication more effective with people, who have speech problems such as stuttering, it is a must that other people exert more effort in understanding the condition and knowing how to deal with them. The following are some tips that people without speech impediments can use to better communicate with people that stutter.
1. Fight the urge to end their sentences or say words for them. This is a very practical tip in creating better communication with people who stutter. Why? Because when try to finish their sentences, they get nervous and conscious that makes the room for error larger. Not doing this will make people stutter feel respected and one way of letting them know that they are not too different from normal people.
2. Refrain from saying words or phrases such as “Take a breath,” “Relax,” or “Slow down”. When you say these phraseseven if you have good intentionswill only make the person who suffer from stuttering feel more like they are different and there’s something wrong from them. Saying these things is like rubbing salt into the wound and will make them feel more ostracized from the society. Instead...