commentr/StutterJanuary 8, 2025

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I agree with you. Stuttering is 'deviant' behaviour. It's behaviour that deviates outside of the norm that is expected. And, furthermore, saying that we are accepting/comfortable with it is more deviant still. It's accepting 'defeat' in the eyes of a 'fluent' person. Because, surely if we knuckled down and worked hard enough, then, we wouldn't be this way? Whereas for me, as I'm sure it's the same for many others, the 'cure' came when I accepted that this is what I sounded like - this is what I talk like. My stutter is a part of me - as much as anything else. It's like my favourite stuttering poem, Honest Speech; This is what I sound like when I speak for myself. https://youtu.be/j8XOyY54-Ew?feature=shared

Themes

Identity & Disability

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Acceptance & PrideIdentity & Self-Perception