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A disability, by definition, is an impairment that limits major life activities. Speaking is 100% a major life activity, and stuttering impacts our ability to speak and communicate effectively....

The UK definition is: >You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal da...

Officially, yes. Personally, I think it depends on your experience and how it affects your daily life. As someone with a severe stutter, I consider it a disability because it impacts all my interactio...

Take this example: there was a speech therapist and researcher who stuttered.. she stuttered at an intermediate to mild level. She stuttered as a child and even at age 17. but then some few years late...

Congratulations you took the first step. Not every girl has a boyfriend. You’ve experienced your first reaching out. Now you're on your way to not be lonely. I'm a 78f who has stuttered since childho...

A couple of months ago you were thinking about wrapping up your stutter theory. I am actually really interested in it! perhaps could you share more details on it? Also, I’ve read all your insightful ...

It's mad how much our environment really changes out mental states. Since going away I now look at comfort at the enemy. When you're comfortable you don't strive for change, and change is what (imo) w...

I’m not OP, but what you said about the context of your stutter and insecurity hit home. I’ve been through that—even when I went to HCRI treatment years ago, I was 100% fluent after two weeks there. T...

First, I'm so sorry for your experience. I ask myself how reasonably educated adults can traumatize their children to that extent. I'm sure my parents contributed to the lifelong stuttering. They ini...

That’s fair! Some people who are more on the “severe” side don’t really have the ability to conceal the fact that they stutter. Sure, they can work to reduce the amount of stuttering but they have to ...

Many stutterers are fluent, you know why? Because they desire to be fluent. Life is made of desires, you can not run from it except you want to Saint. Desire of knowledge makes a person a knowledgeabl...

Yeah that’s very true, the statement I made was very broad but I just wanted to offer up what helped me. I’m not saying I’m 100% correct. I think it has to do more with material possessions and main...

The absolutist statement (which you didn’t say but for the sake of argument let’s pretend is being contended) that all desire causes suffering is wrong. Desiring a drink of water when you are thirst...

I’m really sorry you went through this, I get it. Both of my parents are narcissistic and my Dad has anger issues which caused a pretty stressful household growing up which made my stutter worse. My D...

Same here!!! None of the other girls stutter in my house expect me...

No, I was so worried about knowing the material I didn't care if I stuttered. It was 3 people questioning me, 10 questions but each question was a big subject that they then delve into and ask furthe...

The challenging thing about Emily Blunt is that we hardly ever hear her actually stutter. Of course, it's completely valid for a person who stutters to naturally have a lower stuttering frequency, but...

Aslong as you got hobbies or interests there are people out there. I stutter often when talking to new people because its anxious but after the first sentence of them being shocked they treat you like...

the national stuttering association has regular online meetings for women who stutter. Info is on their website. There's also an instagram page for teen girls (I know you're a few years past that age,...

First off, I’m so happy you’ve found a community that supports you and makes you feel welcome!! That’s an incredible thing and something that can be so hard to find as someone who stutters so I’m so h...