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commentr/StutterJul 1, 2024
31 points

Hey, you do belong in this world, we were not born to work❤️ if the phone screening is difficult for you, could you let the interviewer know in the steps preceding the phone interview that you stutter...

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commentr/StutterJun 29, 2024
1 points

It can but that won’t help you get a job or keep a job because it’s would be difficult and very costly to try to actually enforce it, and in at will states they can just let you go for anything. Or do...

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Employment & CareerAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterJun 28, 2024
3 points

Yep, seems that more of us are getting more confident or trying to put ourselves out there more and people do not know how to treat people with respect and dignity. I definitely get lots more now th...

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Stigma & BullyingAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterJun 27, 2024
5 points

Depends on the severity, but most likely yes. The key phrase is "if it significantly impacts your normal life". Mine counts as a disability and my job works with me to accommodate. I Have also had my ...

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commentr/StutterJun 27, 2024
4 points

I am literally offended by the fact that this is not seen as a disability in our country. How am I as a person supposed to compete with fluent speakers? NOT TO MENTION THE OTHER PSYCHIC PROBLEMS IT CA...

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2024
1 points

For some reason I was not approved, the reason they cited didn’t make sense. So I appealed their decision and now they told me it’ll be 180 business days before they will process my appeal....

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2024
2 points

I have an attorney and filed a lawsuit. I’ll probably win, but it still sucks that’s something that I had to experience....

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commentr/StutterJun 25, 2024
3 points

It’s going to be hard but you have to stick up for yourself. Don’t know what it’s like in your country/school, but here in Australia and at my primary/high school and university I had provisions where...

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postr/StutterJun 23, 2024
9 points

What is this condition called officially?

What is this condition called officially? Is "stutter" the official name for the symptom we suffer from? How do speech pathology/therapy professionals call it? Is there a diagnosis "code"? Why I as...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Medicalization / NeurodiversityAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterJun 18, 2024
1 points

I’d put it on the application if you’re able, having a stutter is considered a disability. It’s always best to let them know whenever possible...

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commentr/StutterJun 12, 2024
2 points

Lawyer up. Anyone with disabilities should be intimately aware of your local labor laws. Learn them. Call them out by full name on social media and in the lawsuit. Raise hell. Take no prisoners. Just ...

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commentr/StutterJun 10, 2024
1 points

I did do that but here in India its not recognized even as a disability - I think they miss the fine line between speech impediment , stutter out of nervousness and genuine stutter- Not only that no ...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Stigma & BullyingAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterJun 10, 2024
1 points

Send a letter of appeal. No one should be denied to education because of their disability. Currently experiencing what you are experiencing (I’m a law student applicant). I sent a letter of appeal. In...

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commentr/StutterJun 9, 2024
4 points

I'm very leftist and leftists tend to be egalitarian. Less of a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" approach that would make life impossible for us. Plus, the Democrat candidate has a stutter and s...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & BullyingAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2024
5 points

this! as a society, i feel like we should focus on accommodating people with different types of conditions and disabilities. science and technology are so advanced now. everyone deserves a chance at l...

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Medicalization / NeurodiversityAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterJun 8, 2024
6 points

Abso-fuckinglutely.. Yes. This world needs more PWS speaking out. And with confidence. To say someone shouldn't have children because they have a disfluency in their speech is fucking ludicrous. I'm s...

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commentr/StutterJun 8, 2024
24 points

I stg there a self-hating post that lowkey in favor of eugenics on this sub every fucking day. Your stutter is not a life-stopper and your grandkids won't hate you for them having a stutter. Encoura...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity+1 more
commentr/StutterJun 7, 2024
2 points

There are different levels of stuttering. In most militaries it's fine unless it's a real trouble maker. It's 80% how the whole system works, the bureaucracy, the level of corruption, how good and *...

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commentr/StutterJun 7, 2024
2 points

This is what make me somewhat angry, I guess you are male? That only males are sent to military They have to risk their life, be on humiliating body examination and no one give a shit from media, but ...

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Access & RightsMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJun 7, 2024
3 points

If it comes back, there are written down criterias for this. For example in germany there are different level of conscription you can do with different disabilities....

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