I must admit I have no deep knowledge of stuttering, but I always thought it was a psychological thing. So if you teach someone a sign language, will they continue stuttering? On the same note, are there native sign language speakers who stutter?
Maybe if you sign with Parkinsons…
That was my first thought too
I was thinking maybe some kind of hand/arm injury, but Parkinsons makes more sense.
✌️🖕🖕🖕👊 means nnnnno. Joke aside idk… It would be hesitation rather than stutter
Stuttering is a failure connection between brain, lungs and mouth. Has nothing to do with hands so no, sign language people don’t stutter.
Source: I stutter since 4yo and spent a lot of time with other stuttering people helping them.
I imagine that a failure of connection between brain and hands is possible though. We wouldn’t call it “stutter” normally (it would probably surface as some kind of tremors), but effectively it would be a sign language alternative to stuttering.
Reminded me of the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking called T-T-T-Today, Junior. I couldn’t find it on the official site cause it’s not very well designed for search. I’m assuming my link will give the same content I originally heard. It was pretty heartbreaking.
