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Don't always blame your stutter. If they specifically say that stuttering is why they don't want you, at least they're honest, and you probably wouldn't have wanted that work environment. If they don'...

I was interviewing at a top law firm. Blocked a few times due to stress and nerves. Partner who interviewed me later said to my friend, another partner at the firm, “I hope it was her internet cutting...

You have a great comeback when this shit happens: "You've never met someone with a stutter have you?" It teaches them AND makes them feel small and ignorant. I wish I had video of a few people's faces...

Do you take job rejection personally?

Do you take job rejection personally? Is it hard not to take job rejection personally when you have stuttered in an interview? Everyone always says 'Don't take it personally' but how can you not when...

Yep when you can't even say your own name it just shows how bad and serious this is, yet I feel its not taken nowhere as serious as other disabilities, more professional research should be put in...

Daily problems

Daily problems Does anyone else have problems with the police because of stuttering. Because of a suspicion of drug us?...

We should not judge, but it can also be used as a teaching moment so she can learn and not do it to others in the future, but that's a very personal decision to go that route....

I know the Joe song, but I think it's pretty outdated. And I don't think it applies to people who actually have a stutter since it's clear we stutter regardless....

U know theres this mentality that when you stutter ure lying?..☹️...

It could be ignorance, it could be the fact that when she was young those things about disability weren’t taught in schools, I wasn’t there to judge and honestly I forgot about few minutes later...

This is a serious disability. It shud be rated on par with ADHD or other mild form of autism's.but sadly government does not consider this as a disability for social benefits....

No, in my country stuttering is not considered a disability. So no special opportunities for me. Yes, it's an opportunity but only for the minorities and the rich. The rich can bribe government offi...

There's a reservation system for minorities in my country. About 75% of admissions in colleges, government jobs are given to them. Stuttering would enter the PwD category. For college entrances, you j...

Yeah I'm experiencing everything your saying right now. Stuttering literally made my life a hell on earth. And at 31 I'm all but screwed...people laughing at something like that should get the same tr...

It's because the government can't filter out actors from genuine stutterers. There isn't any test through which we can perform whether a person has a stutter or are they acting to avail disability ben...

I don’t take offence when people laugh at me in public

I don’t take offence when people laugh at me in public I went to the supermarket to buy 6 prawn skewers from the fresh seafood section. There was a lady in her 50s behind the counter. I stuttered for ...

Severe. Never a fluent sentence. Blocks that lasted until I ran out of breath. At 13, I got kicked out of the opticians office. I went to pick up my new glasses. Couldn't get my name out. They though...

I hear what you are saying. I don't think most speakers feel oppressed, they just feel unaccepted, if you know what I'm saying. I mean, most people don't point and laugh at people in wheelchairs or wh...

I think the majority of “intolerant people” are normal people. The majority of the people claiming to be oppressed aren’t actually oppressed. I’ve stuttered for 32 years now. I don’t think we need to ...

I mean I am an adult. Normally mockery is just a part of my middle school days. Would be surprised if sombody actually made fun of me for that...