commentr/StutterAugust 6, 2024

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Great post! **My summary**: (of this post) * Mocking 'stuttering' is like the normal thing nowadays. We get made fun of, mocked, bullied, treated like we’re not humans. People don’t wanna talk to you because we take too long. People confuse stuttering with cognitive decline * Stuttering is often seen as: dumb, nervous, or as a comedic effect. People say: “*I can’t understand her*”, “*speak normal*”. People literally kill themselves because of this. People don’t see stuttering as a disability but as something to laugh at, and portrayed as unheroic and villainous in movies * I can barely find any good representation of stuttering (except the King's speech and Jimmy from south park) * Is stuttering mockery so common and allowed that people with a lot of power can mock it on tv? And the worsed part is all the people in the crowd (adults no less) just causally laughing (ableism). Such ableism results in declined jobs.

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Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships

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Stigma & BullyingPublic Awareness / MediaQuality of Life