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American here. I was a lawyer who worked at elite firms for 10 years (my very high law school grades enabled that) and was an SVP inhouse counsel at an NYSE public company for 11. Retired at age 50....

You’re right, but that’s our time to educate people about stuttering. I’ve moved across the country twice since 2021 and I haven’t had a single issue getting hired. I’m no longer in the logistics indu...

It has not impacted me. It shouldn’t impact your choice of career either. Also, dont confuse fluency and speed of speech. If it takes 30 seconds to say something instead of 10, its not a big deal. You...

How stuttering impacted your job career?

How stuttering impacted your job career? Hello! That's my second time interacting here. I'm 18, finished high school in Brazil last year and started business administration degree this year. I have al...

People say ignore what people think about your stuttering, I agree with them I should. BUT because of stuttering I am not speaking where I should and what I should, that makes me dumber than I am, peo...

You nailed it when you said we survive instead of live or enjoy, that's the I way feel too. Despite of my sadness, I have a little hope in what some people have discussed here in the community about t...

Yep lol pretty much don't know why this thread is trying to make it a victim mentality thing. If you can't speak coherently, it makes everything harder...

Is there any new collateral stress? I can't in your being a lawyer and having to say the exact right words without substitution. Yes, try speech therapy. Good luck....

In the same boat rn. got removed from my job training because i fucked up a role play, now getting moved to another account in 1-2 weeks. i feel you, you aint alone <3...

I'm in Year 8 in secondary school with a stutter/stammer. I've had it since forever, I don't remember the last time I've been able to talk "normally". Stuttering has really effected me as a person, fr...

We will have to rely on back-door hiring through networking. Temple Grandin said that about autistic people but this also applies to us....

I was rejected at Army Job because i stammer. It was very high profile job where it starts with Competitive exam. Masters degree holders from whole province sit in exam and around 100 to 200 people ar...

I graduated nursing school in june and I have a stutter. It isn’t severe but I get bad blocks most of the time when I talk. I’m good at hiding it though so nobody probably noticed. I let my instructor...

Unfortunately people have to work together with you for a lot of time in order to understand you’re clever. All of us have experienced this. When we want to change our job and go to a meeting with an...

When I got chaptered out of the ARMY back in 2002 during the last week of Basic. I couldn’t find a job for 7 months. McDonald’s wouldn’t hire me even. My stuttering was at its worst and I had just g...

Feeling kinda sad

Feeling kinda sad Fuck guys, i just got hired as a hotel receptionist last week. I thought everything was going fine until today when my manager told one my coworkers that it feels like i have a fear...

Cos fluent communication is seen as required in almost everything we do, not been able to do it is a massive disadvantage for us, so we're seen as not suitable...

Why do most people think we're not hireable?

Why do most people think we're not hireable? So what are we supposed to do then? Just starve and die? ...

Hey, you can message me if you'd like! I'm not a nurse, but I am a social worker so it's kind of similar. I've worked with individuals on the special, in homeless shelters, and with people struggling ...

Stutterer's life

Stutterer's life Earlier today I post "nobody can understand us", In this post, I will talk about our life. We can not speak properly so stuttering should only affect our communication, right? Well.....