Next time, you feel down, you feel like- "if only I didn't stammer, I could do this and that" and all such thoughts, watch this video : http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1052977942589
Amazing video! But there is one thing: people with a missing organ (limb, sight etc.) get used to the absence of that function early in life and move on to compensatory mechanism: using other senses or parts of the body. But with us, the stammerers, we are not sure even at 50, whether we have a disability or not: "But just now, I spoke fine!". We are always confused: am I a normal person- or am I a stammerer? This confusion easily slips into whole scale DENIAL. This is why we keep postponing any effort to address our problem. We keep hoping that - may be it would just go away on its own one day. May be it would go away if I dont talk about it. The result of all this is quite obvious. But this lady, knew exactly where she stands- and has taken necessary steps to compensate, retrain her legs and live her life fully. Will PWS ever do that? :-) BTW- the baby looked so cute, getting his/her head patted by mom's foot. It will never need to touch mom's feet, as a separate act, like Indians..
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Amazing video! But there is one thing: people with a missing organ (limb, sight etc.) get used to the absence of that function early in life and move on to compensatory mechanism: using other senses or parts of the body. But with us, the stammerers, we are not sure even at 50, whether we have a disability or not: "But just now, I spoke fine!". We are always confused: am I a normal person- or am I a stammerer?
This confusion easily slips into whole scale DENIAL. This is why we keep postponing any effort to address our problem. We keep hoping that - may be it would just go away on its own one day. May be it would go away if I dont talk about it. The result of all this is quite obvious.
But this lady, knew exactly where she stands- and has taken necessary steps to compensate, retrain her legs and live her life fully.
Will PWS ever do that? :-)
BTW- the baby looked so cute, getting his/her head patted by mom's foot. It will never need to touch mom's feet, as a separate act, like Indians..
sachin, you addressed a very valid point. PWS is always confused whether he has a problem or not, denial is a result of such confusion.
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