"SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA: When No Words Come Out"

Following is a personal story on Spasmodic Dysphonia reported by ABC News' correspondant, David Muir.  It was featured on ABC News in Ausust  2008.

"Scott Adams is the cartoonist who gives Dilbert a voice -- a gift he wishes he could give himself. "It feels like you're being strangled from the inside out," he told ABC News' David Muir. That's right -- strangled. Adams said he literally chokes on his own words. It's a strange and isolating condition that began after what seemed like normal laryngitis.   "I couldn't talk normally for over a year," Adams said. "I still don't talk normally." 
Read more about Scott's story at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MedicalMysteries/story?id=5480171