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Who the fuck is that prof and what the fuck school is it? I'm so angry. SO. ANDGRY. That prof should be disciplined for that. I'm very sorry this happened to you. I wish I had been there in the clas...

No, being disliked have nothing to do with your stutter. Its just probably in your head. I have a mild/small stutter and i have friends. I have a classmate who stutter and is disliked. They now make...

I have never been ostracized because of my stutter. Pity/odd comments/etc aplenty but never have I been told "we don't want to hang out because you talk funny". Usually it's "we don't want to hang ou...

It does! Lots of people comment on how a friend/relative of theirs does too. I enjoy helping to normalize stuttering in general. The team and I are working together to resolve this issue. I didn’t k...

Though I'm glad this worked for you, please be careful about claiming "cures" and telling people to try prescription medication. There's already a shortage of ADHD meds because everyone thinks they ha...

I also felt that way when i was in grade school. I developed severe depression & also contemplated to end my life when I was about to enter high school because I cannot tolerate Bullying in School...

Substitute Teaching

Substitute Teaching About two months ago, I started working as a substitute teacher at an elementary school. My stutter is moderate, but can get pretty severe and I also have social anxiety disorder. ...

The other day I had someone who I was having a mild disagreement with make fun of my stutter. I called him an asshole and asked him if he makes fun of diabetics and kids with polio too? Actually, I l...

Exactly! And it pisses me off even more how he only tended to openly talk about stuttering during the election, so basically in order to provide the public a feel good story to help get him elected....

Yes I get your point. Biden is a typical example, says he used stutter but clearly still struggles with it, and would rather pretend he forgets words than admit he stutters. Not a role model at all. ...

I understand why you interpret it that way, but that wasn’t my intention. I was just trying to point out how people in these two marginalized groups (stutterers and African-Americans) tend to feel tha...

I’d say he kind of fits into both the more negative camps I mentioned. He fits into the celebs who have overcome their stutter camp that I mentioned because he typically speaks fluently, and when he s...

That shoulda been a judicial ethics complaint right there. While cops don't have rules in many states judges sure as fuck do, and your judge woulda been slapped hard for saying something like that on ...

Representation of Stutterers in the Media

Representation of Stutterers in the Media Have you guys ever noticed how all the “representation” we have in the media (celebrities who stutter, films like the King’s Speech, etc.) all seem to focus ...

After being accused of intoxication, the times I have been pulled over since, I always tell them that I stutter. Then there was the time I was in traffic court and the judged asked, If I forgot why I...

Yeah and it is taken as weakness in atleast police in India ofcourse not all but majority, if they sense it you are in for long or for lot of money...

Once the police stopped me and thought i was drunk because i stuttered why talking to them haha. they made me an alcohol check and of course it was negative. I was not bothered, i understand why they...

Most people here don't know what a severe stutter really looks like

Most people here don't know what a severe stutter really looks like It's not 3 seconds of block. Not 5 either, or 6, or 10. I mean are you really calling that a severe stutter? I'm out of here... it's...

I once had a cop who thought I only stuttered when I lied, one day I was walking home and he pulled up and said there was a report of a stolen TV nearby, I said I had it and asked if he wanted to sear...

the cops once laughed with my stutter. When asked how old I am, I answered "se-se-sevent-t-t-teen". they began to mimic me and ask: why? Are you scared of us?" they were very young policemen. their la...