Stutterer’s ID Card

An initial conversation can often be very challenging for us as stutterers – especially if the person with whom we’re about to speak doesn’t know we stutter.  First time speaking situations such as ordering our food at a restaurant we’ve never been to, introducing ourselves or giving our phone number to a new acquaintance, or asking where something is located in a store we don’t shop at and where the employees subsequently don’t know is…the anticipatory fear and resulting stuttering
often associated with speaking with someone who doesn’t know we’re a stutterer for the first time can be overwhelming.

That is where the Words Are Wings® Stutterer’s Identification Card comes in.

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The card is the size of a business card and can be presented at the beginning of any new or unfamiliar in-person speaking situation. The card is presented with the following message:

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FRONT:

Stutterer’s Introduction Card:
My name is ___________________________

I’m a stutterer.  Please be patient as I may

need some time to say what it is I need

to say.  Thanks for your kindness and
understanding - I appreciate it.

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BACK:

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For more information on stuttering
Please visit www.wordsarewings.com

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The Words Are Wings® Stutterer’s Identification Card is not crutch, but rather, a scaffolding tool.  The message is short and simple, presents stuttering as something challenging as opposed to humorous, and gets right to the point by addressing the 800-pound elephant in the room that only we as stutterers see and know about.  In turn, this gives the listener a heads-up re: what they will hear (to varying degrees as we as stutterers don’t stutter the same amount or necessarily in the same way) while simultaneously eliminating the element of surprise that many of us, as stutterers, fear and to which many listeners often don’t respond favorably (not necessarily out of maliciousness as laughter can be the autopilot response associated with uncertainty or nervousness when someone doesn’t know how to react to something that is unfamiliar or unexpected; case in point – when a stutterer starts stuttering and the listener is not expecting this to happen and perhaps has never heard someone stutter in real-life until now.)

The Words Are Wings® Stutterer’s Introduction Card can be implemented into a fluency-shaping program as it literally buys you, as the stutterer, a few moments of time (while the listener is reading it) to apply any breathing and/or speaking techniques you may be using or wish to try using during that particular speaking instance.

If you’re a Words Are Wings® Stuttering Solutions™ or Fluency Flier Academy™ client, the card is included in your services per request.  If you're not a client but would appreciate a complimentary card, feel free to contact me.

If you’re a stutterer interested in receiving a Words Are Wings® Stutterer’s Identification Card, please contact me via any of the following:

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Phone: 917-887-4716 (AZ MST 10:00am – 6:00pm for calls, 24/7 for texting)

Email: micelispeech@gmail.com (24/7)
Linked-In: linkedin.com/in/andrew-miceli (24/7)

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(As I answer all correspondences personally, kindly allow one to two business days for a response.)

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