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Does stuttering exist in France? I'd like to hear from French residents in particular I was raised in a bilingual household where I speak French and English at a native level. I currently live in France but I spent a large chunk of my life in the USA. About 90% of the time when I speak to someone in French I don't know and I stutter, they respond to me in English as if I don't know how to speak French. Now keep in mind I don't really have an American accent when I speak French, I'll just get stuck on a word and they'll ask if I prefer English. It's frankly pretty insulting and at first I just brushed it off as some ignorant individuals. But it's happened enough that it seems kind of cultural. On a mildly related note, I also get the feeling that my French side of the family believes that stuttering is some kind of personal failure. No one has really said anything except my aunt one time who said stuttering doesn't really exists in France because social services takes care of it early. Anyway, if you live in France what is your experience with stuttering in France?