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Stuttering has constantly been linked to incompetence. Fluent people stutter when they are under stress and pressure. A strong person leads from the front. A weak person stutters when asked a question...

Not more than 2 weeks ago, i was having coffee with my colleagues. One colleague started talking about dating. So i asked him "so, when are we gonna hear about you finally getting a g-gg-girlfriend?" ...

I sometimes wish stutter was selectively contagious. It spreads to anyone who mocks stutter....

People see it as a personal flaw of the stutterer and therefore make fun of them for it. I feel like people don’t see stuttering as a condition separate from the sufferer, unlike other conditions like...

Fear, people worry subconsciously that they can "catch it" and then they will be the person being mocked. Fascist hate disabled people and think it's their obligation to eliminate us from the gene poo...

It's normalized. Stuttering isn't even considered a real disability by most people, seems like. I'm 31 and still get laughed at and mocked by people even way older than me. I kinda think they think it...

On a related subject: I once met a man, who when he found out I was a speech therapist, told me he used to stutter. I had absolutely no idea. He told me how he got over it and to this day Im dumbfou...

On a related subject: I once met a man, who when he found out I was a speech therapist told me he used to stutter. I had absolutely no idea. He told me how he got over it and to this day Im dumbfound...

Media is just that, just entertainment mostly made on preconceptions and clichés, and it doesn't help that speaking fluently is one of the most natural things humans can do so seeing someone who can'...

The same people who mock stuttering, tease or mock people for anything they can think of: Trump gets mocked for being orange from his make-up, having small hands and needing to wear diapers. My perc...

I think people don’t understand how much stuttering affects our lives and they see as a cute quirk rather than an actual disability...

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 yo...

It's still largely misunderstood, and it's been the butt of jokes in the media for way too long, too. I'm in retail management and I have to deal with angry customers at times. I'm often pretty good w...

Why is stuttering so mocked?

Why is stuttering so mocked? No but seriously, it’s so mocked most people makes it a normal thing. Shown in so many TV shows, and in fact how it’s usually portrayed. Like they are dumb, nervous, or as...

Regarding the monster study, my take on it are the following learning points: * The children learned that disfluencies or stuttering is bad, right? So, we can learn that viewing stuttering as bad can...

If someone wants to laugh or make fun of stutter I just make mental notes like “Wow they really are immature”, “That’s not somebody I want to be around” and I just accept it and be around people that ...

So what is your take on the [Monster Study](https://youtu.be/h5yPwWybgD4?si=TBxkJvKLFixw942s) ? Was it simply orphans were forced to care about the reaction/unreaction of the listener? And because th...

I am neutral regarding the wonderland system themselves, they seemed like a really troubled young person. What I find annoying is the making fun of the stutter-yes everyone could tell that it was fake...

What are y’all’s opinions on the Wonderland System?

What are y’all’s opinions on the Wonderland System? I know this was a while ago but whatever. If you don’t know, the Wonderland System is a person who faked DID, Tourette’s Syndrome and Stuttering. Ju...

Got a retail job with a stutter

Got a retail job with a stutter I am 18 and I have a really really severe stutter since childhood , all my childhood I was bullied and hated life where I even had suicidal thoughts , but now it’s kind...