commentr/StutterAugust 29, 2023

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Please disregard everything that person said. I don't know if they thought they had a strategy to elicit a response in you, or what their bizarro reasoning was. But whatever it was it was completely wrong. Stuttering is a disability. Like any disability, The severity is going to vary from person to person. No one should ever mock or criticize somebody for their disability. That speaks to the character of the person doing the mocking, not the person with the disability. I think many of us in the stuttering community have issues or challenges with our self-worth. Stuttering is more complex than just our stutter. There's our self-worth and other psychological factors that feed into our stuttering cycle. Everyone has value. And we're here to support you.

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Community & SupportIdentity & Disability

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Validation & EmpathyIdentity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying