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Hi I am 60, and I have stuttered my entire life. What helps me is not reacting as much as I did when I was younger and trying to connect with ppl in every way I can, through emotion, intellect, humor,...

Have you ever been to the National stuttering Association conference? That was the start of accepting my stutter. You’re surrounded by other people who stutter and understand you and you feel so suppo...

The great thing about getting older is that I stopped giving a shit what people think of me. I would disclose my stutter if I felt I was going to have a hard time and people were so kind and accepting...

Let me just tell you you’ve got this. This part of your life is the absolute WORST for everyone. You’ll look back and cringe. You’re figuring out who you are and that’s okay! People are dicks at thi...

Tell them in the beginning that you have a stutter. And don’t consider stutter a disability, just think that’s something that makes you unique. I had an interview where the interviewer told me “I’m su...

One thing that helps me is knowing that no one cares that I have stutter and if someone does then fuck em. They’re not someone worthy of respect if they care. My boss at my old job always told me that...

One thing that helps me is knowing that no one cares that I have stutter and if someone does then fuck em. They’re not someone worthy of respect if they care....

So when I was at that age, a little older actually, it really came to a head for me.  I thought about it all day, night, next morning, it was my scapegoat for everything and it got to the point where ...

The Case for Identity-First Language in Stuttering

The Case for Identity-First Language in Stuttering It’s time we start considering identity-first language in stuttering! Read about it in my new article and subscribe for free: https://open.substack.c...

Thanks for the reply. Better late than never! I understand what you mean. Recent failures or successes do affect me. It's normal. Their effect has been heavily lessened, though. In the past I was muc...

I started stuttering at 4 years old. My parents put me into speech therapy within a year. As I got older, it became clear that I wasn’t growing out of my stutter. Forever grateful to my parents for st...

Many kids go through a phase. Most recover. Instilling a healthy attitude about it that stuttering isn't bad, it's just difference will help it not become develop into a pathology. ...

My youngest as well. And I have also had a stutter for many a year. I insisted that nobody point it out, just let her speak. It went away on its own, thank fuck....

Doing the Hitler salute makes you a Nazi and the socialist crap doesn’t work it’s been debunked so many times....

Something like 90% of children who stutter eventually lose their stutter. I would encourage you to talk with his pediatrician or at least look into childhood stuttering from reputable sources.  Tr...

For me, the stutter didn't get better, but my life sure did. I accepted it as a part of who I am, and don't let it define me and hold me back. Hang in there, you got this!...

Ok So this first book I have to admit can be a very difficult process mentally. So I recommend you start the Redefining Stuttering book first because it will allow you to start to familiarize yourse...

I know this isn't what you were hoping for, but ultimately what you're doing is what would be taught to you in speech therapy. You already figured out a technique to physically help you, which is not ...

It's a cycle where you may outgrow caring over it which makes it easier and lessens its severity, you care about other things and so does everyone else.   We are wired to worry over things and overt...

I think you’re misunderstanding a bit. Disfluency is protected by the ADA against illegal discrimination. The severity of disfluency is not relevant to the protection under the ADA, you’re flatly prot...