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Clayton often stutters saying things like "I-I-I-I see, I see h-h-im". Because the kids at school have started teasing him, the school psychologist has recently diagnosed him as having a ________ disorder, so that he can get help.

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Answer: childhood-onset fluency

Explanation: Childhood onset fluency which is also known as stuttering or stammering is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the individual is unable to produce sounds.

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