commentr/StutterSeptember 24, 2024

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Someone legit unfriended me in real life because I said this about someone who was illegally discriminating against me at work and set me up to get fired.  She was awful to everyone and trying for a kid and had some difficulties, found out she was pregnant and told my friend: "Wouldn't it be funny if after all that trying for a kid she came out with a kid that stuttered?" And I laughed a healing laugh.  This dude used to make the worst off color jokes about everything everyone and it's actually hilarious to me to this day that THAT was the straw that broke the camel's back.  As a lifelong stutterer this would be the only way I could imagine a bully growing up and identifying their behavior as cruelty. They legit don't care unless it happens to them.  If this happens I selfishly hope someone tells me. Not so I can laugh (because poor kid) but so I'll finally know if I'm a storybook witch or not.

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Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy

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Stigma & BullyingTrauma & PsychologicalSelf-Advocacy & Boundaries