commentr/StutterJune 12, 2022

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It feels odd to me to make a speech saying just be who you are, embrace your ‘weirdness’ and don’t try to be normal…when he had his birth mark surgically removed as a small child and obsessed over curing his stutter from age 9. So everyone with physical and mental differences are weird? Or very very very weird as he said? Are we embracing who we are or not?

Themes

Identity & DisabilityEmotional Experience

Subthemes

Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideShame & Embarrassment