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I stutter a lot at work. When I'm at home or with family members not so much. I also tend of stutter when visiting new places or ordering stuff (basically talking to strangers)....

No, you're completely right, I'm really embarrassed about my stutter and avoid talking about it or confronting it at all costs. If I see someone on tv with a stutter or someone makes fun of stuttering...

Well it's that's the test then everyone should just fake a stutter and get the break. On a side note, im sorry if im prying and if you want me to shut up i'll be more than happy to oblige, but it soun...

Stutter at certain places?

Stutter at certain places? Anybody else besides me that have places they stutter waaay more? At school for example, i barely stutter but at the gym however i can barely speak. I dont think its a confi...

No idea. I was hoping someone on here already went through the process....

Yeah, I mean, I'm not looking for a hand out, but my stutter is on the severe end of the spectrum. I didn't go to college or university because I was just plain afraid, job interviews are a nightmare,...

complete blocks and struggles to get a sound out. Instead of pre-pre-presentation, I get stuck on p-------------resentation....

That makes so much sense. Thanks for the tip. Having to "prove" I had a stutter to someone seemed like a really scary task. With someone who already knows what to look for, I feel like it would be les...

It's quite the requirements and honestly, unless you're being burdened by costs associated with speech therapy or are unemployed because of your stutter it's kind of a stretch to apply for it. I woul...

Yeah, you would really need an SLP specialist to assess. A regular doctor is going to have no clue if it's fake or not. As an SLP who's had a few cases of people trying to falsely claim they have a s...

Well I think that's why they have the test, and I'm pretty sure they have to call references or something. Still, that could all be faked but, meh, it wasn't me who made the list. I didn't even know y...

I spoke in front of a group of University of Cincinnati students about my stuttering. What I noticed when I did it was a lot of people wrote down multiple questions and then crossed the questions off ...

I live in the States, but I feel like the stuttering tax break would be a bad idea. People are going to fake stutter just to get a break on their taxes. I wish you luck in getting yours!...

> The other thing he says is that he will not he able to get a good job because of his speech. He is not alone in feeling that way about him stutter. It isn’t a hard barrier to good paying jobs b...

>[...] if anybody has suggestions on specialists. Not all SLP specialize in fluency, but being close (hopefully) to a major city should help somewhat. Hope this helps, here are some options for y...

That's so me with my stutter. It sucks when someone does it, but honestly I'm just happy the struggle is over with. And I kind of joke about it and it sort of breaks the ice? I've heard from a lot of ...

Canadian Stutterers, did you get your tax break?

Canadian Stutterers, did you get your tax break? First time poster here! So I've only recently learned that in Canada, stuttering is included in the list of disabilities that you can claim on your ann...

The other thing he says is that he will not he able to get a good job because of his speech. And the therapist said that another one of his patients has a stutter worse than my son's and he is a Vice...

> I don't know what my 18 yo is going through but it is has changed his quality of life. You aren’t alone. Being 18 yo is tough, stutter or not. When it gets worse (I'm guessing that is the case ...

I don't know what my 18 yo is going through but it is has changed his quality of life. He didn't go to school for several weeks after he felt embarrassed in school when forced by his teacher to speak ...