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Moving to a different place isn't just going to magically change you. If you want a better life, do it where you're at now. Practice getting out of your comfort zone. Put yourself in situations you do...

I don't know. Maybe if the people at the new place are nicer, warmer and more welcoming then maybe I'd be more inclined to speak more and try connecting more with people. The only benefit I see to c...

As a black man who stutters, it can be very hard in the professional world...

How our AI algorithms discriminate against people who stutter or have other non-apparent disabilities

How our AI algorithms discriminate against people who stutter or have other non-apparent disabilities ...

I wish my family didn't mock or punish me for my speech impediment. Understand that if the stutter doesn't go away, and it's neurologically caused, that your daughter has no control over it. I don't...

Oh so it's your workplace. What kind of rejection are we talking here? Are people putting you down, making you feel less than for your stutter? What exactly is happening at your workplace? Also what c...

>I struggle accepting myself cause I face alot of rejection from trying to connect to community around me. What community are you talking about here? I don't know how one accepts their stutter. Peo...

I don't think she could forget. Other people tend to view stutter as a part of our personality (and I hate this)...

Intersectionality of being a black person who stutters

Intersectionality of being a black person who stutters If you are willing to share your experiences, I am doing a research project on the intersectionality of being a black person who stutters, hopefu...

May not apply to you, but I work at a quite large supermarket in my hometown every saturday and I get questions from all sorts of people, like 3 or more per day. I felt very uncomfortable talking to...

Age 4-14 I wasted an hour of my art class 3x week to have some idiot have me repeat The Quick Red Fox Jumped Over the Lazy Dogs like that was going to do anything.  I tried the speech easy and while...

Yeah, I got a call at work from a pissed off husband who thought I was making fun of his wife for having Tourette’s. “Stuttering is very rude and offensive to someone who has Tourette’s, why are you m...

Absolutely. The amount of times I’ve been laughed at because they think I’m joking is ridiculous. I (unfortunately) had a phone job while I was in high school. Had to answer the phone and then direc...

When people think I’m messing with them

When people think I’m messing with them So sometimes when I meet a new person that my friend knows or someone walks to the front desk (I work at a front desk at gym) people would think I’m f*king with...

This is my everyday life at work and I have been viewed as an incompetent person who doesn’t help anything, yet im one of the people who actually knows stuff at the workplace. Nobody sees the good in ...

My crush asked me why I'm so quiet and I'm worried he thinks I'm a freak

My crush asked me why I'm so quiet and I'm worried he thinks I'm a freak I know that 9 times out of 10, people aren't trying to make the other person feel bad when asking this question. I particularly...

This worked for me in the 2010s, but then again I was in middle/high school. I got in a lot of trouble, but it was worth it....

Whenever an adult makes fun of my stutter, I tell them why are you making fun of my disability? Usually makes them look like assholes and they feel like crap...

Back in the 80s/90s, the same worked by breaking their noses. Today, as an adult, not advised, but as a kid, message was clear....

That is why the best time to sue an employee for discrimination is when they discriminate your disability, they discriminate you by calling you retarded because of mental illness and they call you ret...