JOHN, 26; Massachusetts; postponed entering MIT one year for mechanical engineering to work on stuttering. Began stuttering age 6. In about a third of conversations, blocks on most words especially his name/FFWs, usually phones, authorities, work and groups. Feels pressure talking to me, as others are watching, and blocks on many words. We work on Short-Link-Stop, mostly linking. Is fluent when holds tone thru words, but can’t do it consistently.
