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A Little Rant - New to the Group Hello, I'm a female stutterer (20f) who had an interview today. The lady who was conducting it insisted phone call to my dismay. I asked if we could do it in person or via email or text but she said I didn't get special treatments. I understood that and just steeled myself to do that because phone calls are the worst for me people always get impatient and hang up, and employers usually don't hire m because of my speech impediment. It was a rough start and she said ot sounded like I was cutting in and out but I was stuttering like crazy. It was embarrassing how much trouble I was having getting the words out. She got impatient, told me they wouldn't hire me because of my disability and said they needed 'normal' people for the job and promptly hung up. It crushed me and I started crying. It's not fair how poorly stutterers get treated and how many job opportunites are lost. I wish people were more patient an understanding of our problems. I've tried everything school speech therapy, speech camp, a month long special speech program in another province (I'm from Canada, my mom never let me live down how much money and time was wasted that time) and that new Speech Easy device or Speak Easy? I forget the name of it. Nothing makes it more manageable and people are frustrated. Ive been bullied all my life by my mom, classmates, teachers, resturant workers, hiring people, everywhere I've been I've been bullied and now I don't speak much anymore. Just short sentences and I'm alone. No friends. My own mother said she was disappointed in me, it hurts tremendously. I'm sorry if I sound whiny and poor me, I'm just tired of it. I want to speak without problems, and people to understand me and not treat me differently. Does anyone have any advice, any tips on how else I can manage it? I don't want to stutter the rest of my life. Wow this got long, my apologies its just nice finding some people in the same boat as me, there's no stutters in my community outside my family that I'm aware of.