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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2022
2 points

My biggest pet peeve is having them change their tone or talk to me like I’m a kid and don’t understand what they’re saying or something, all because I stutter. It hurts. I would love for people to t...

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commentr/StutterAug 8, 2022
4 points

It’s puzzling to me how shocked people seem when I stutter. I meet people with various disabilities on a daily basis, many of which are as blatant as a stutter, and people almost always appear much mo...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 8, 2022
3 points

Call them out! Embarrass them! There's a good chance that they will get a taste of what it feels like to be embarrassed and they will stop. Especially if it's in public and other people overhear how s...

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Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterAug 8, 2022
6 points

People who have never encountered stutterers before kinda come across as people with not enough world/life experience or just not educated/ cultured enough to me. Because the truth is that there are s...

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Stigma & Bullying
postr/StutterAug 8, 2022
46 points

I don’t respect people that treat me differently because of my stutter

I don’t respect people that treat me differently because of my stutter As the title suggests, I don’t respect people if they treat me differently for stuttering. You may think this is strange and unwa...

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postr/StutterAug 6, 2022
27 points

This shit sucks

This shit sucks I’ve not been let into a night club because of my stutter. They told me to wait in line for another half hour which I did and they thought I was too drunk because I stuttered a little ...

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postr/StutterAug 5, 2022
39 points

Why is stuttering not considered a disability? (Canada)

Why is stuttering not considered a disability? (Canada) This really pisses me off. Every time I fill out a job application and it asks if I have a disability, I select no because it's not recognized a...

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commentr/StutterAug 4, 2022
6 points

Some thoughts from the partner of a stutterer: Aside from your son saying he’s not bothered, does he actually seem not bothered? My husband at that age would have said his stutter didn’t bother him i...

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commentr/StutterAug 4, 2022
1 points

New workplace, everyone has made friends and say 'hi' to each other when they see each other, whereas I am ignored. Happens in other workplaces that I have work at as well....

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commentr/StutterAug 4, 2022
2 points

People make jokes about stuttering too but for other disabilities/disorders it's a no-no. Some fucking bullshit dude....

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commentr/StutterAug 3, 2022
7 points

I've been in the USAF for 15 years, and I've stuttered for all of them. It's true that they're unofficially disqualified from communications-heavy MOS's/AFSC's, but honestly those are relatively few ...

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2022
7 points

My grandad is just a little older than you and grew up during the same time period. From what he's told me it sounds like it was rough back then. His teachers made fun of him for his stutter and even ...

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2022
13 points

Human beings are cruel, especially in the 70s-80s-90s, where there were less awareness to sttutering. You are loved. It's important to me that you know this. I can't imagine what you've been through ...

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commentr/StutterJul 31, 2022
-3 points

Stutterer to stutterer; it must be difficult to live up to your name because nobody will take you serious if you say “Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhut up p-p-pussy” lol. No hate bro just saying...

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commentr/StutterJul 31, 2022
4 points

That's nice actually. I work taking emergency calls so mines a little different, people don't care when you stutter but I've heard an operator or two laugh if I've had a bad stutter, it's understand...

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commentr/StutterJul 31, 2022
-10 points

That's cool I stutter too btw....I'm just saying i don't feel like a girl deserves it....I'm just soft hearted towards women...

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commentr/StutterJul 30, 2022
-10 points

Anytime i see a girl stutters I feel pity for her immediately Not like guy's tho...

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commentr/StutterJul 30, 2022
5 points

For me people seem to either find it funny or creepy, there's no middle ground. Always nice when people give you a wide berth because they think you're creepy because your face contorts for a few seco...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2022
1 points

Not really, there are so many times where I was objectively treated poorly when no one else was and there was no real reason for it (that I can tell anyway)...

Identity & Disability
Stigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJul 28, 2022
1 points

thanks for replying i appreciate your advice, i’m just worried i’ll be looked down on in the army or people seeing my stutter as a weakness, are people respectful to you in the military?...

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