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Let me tell you a story.... My mom came with me to freshman orientation.... groups of kids in my major were placed into a rooms with their parents and we all had to stand up and introduce ourselves. S...

I'm a lifelong stutterer and I recently graduated college. The social aspect was challenging at first but it really helped me that I dive right in and got socially involved. Its important for your son...

I have a stutter, had one ever since I could speak. Seeing how the speech therapist didn’t help, nor did it help me. I only have one thing I can recommend. Just that you and he need to come to terms w...

There's plenty of people who stutter (PWS) who attend college and do fine. I do suggest if your son takes a speech course or any course where the professor requires a presentation to be made to tell t...

I just had an online job-interview via Zoom

I just had an online job-interview via Zoom It was in English and as a non-native English speaker it was very very hard for me. Right now I'm sweating and I don't feel really good, but I still feel re...

I just had no confidence in college. I hated going to class discussions because I was forced to talk so instead I skipped or didnt participate. I feel like I could have learned so much more if I had j...

I hate being called 'Lucky'

I hate being called 'Lucky' After my first few bad presentation experiences, i just stopped giving presentations in University altogether. Teachers usually give me around avg or below marks coz they d...

Yeah, they all know. I don’t have an IEP at school though since when i came to this school a few years ago they said i didn’t need speech therapy anymore. They’re mainly just teachers and shit so i ca...

Same. I'm paranoid because I'm high risk. I haven't left my house in 13 days. That's actually not the longest I've gone without leaving my house, I think my longest was 3 weeks. Challenge accepted! I...

I currently teach at the college level. I wouldn't have imagined I would be doing this in a million years if you ask me back when I was in high school. I've come to enjoy it at times, but there are ot...

I stutter too! I'm 18 now but my dad tells me that I didn't use to stutter. But I started stuttering when my best friend in preschool stuttered and when I hung out with him I began to develop my stutt...

1. For me it is school -(reading aloud, presentations, and bullying) And the combo of anxiety, add, stuttering, and language processing difficulties all affecting each other and being annoying in an ...

You're not an idiot, you just stuttered. Please don't consider this a failure on your part. That's not fair and you shouldn't be feeling that way. Stutter is just a thing that some people have. It's s...

How Do You Track Progress On Your Stutter?

How Do You Track Progress On Your Stutter? I had an idea some time back. What if you could come up with a system, where you aim to improve your fluency, and keep progress of it. Think of exercise. Wh...

Any tips to stop/reduce a stutter?

Any tips to stop/reduce a stutter? I have social anxiety and I Big part of it is due to this. It was really bad today and I don’t know why, the only thing I can think of is I didn’t get a goodnight sl...

Every college has a accessibility support center. You should look into that. They would make accommodation for you and you would just take show some proof to your professor,m. For example, you tell th...

In college I studied architecture and industrial design. At the end of the semester we had to present our projects to the class, professor, and often other professionals who had sponsored the criteria...

When I had to do a presentation in college I would write down my entire speech and read it out loud to the class. It really helped me a TON....

Talk to your professor about it and let him/her know that you stutter and would take a little extra time to talk. But don't miss the opportunity to talk. It's better to talk and stutter than to regret...

Just stutter through it. I did the same and professors and student usually have your back....