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Yeah I had a professor say that I probably did so well in his class because of all the time I got to read, as if that's what I do to make up for my social exclusion lol. It's insulting....

It's not just that they might misinterpret stuttering for being "slow" when you stutter it naturally causes a disconnect in the sacred Homo Sapien obsessed flow and dance of speech/communication. It i...

That's some bs. I'd definitely be talking to someone about their employee. I'd leave a review on the website as well. Probably nothing will come of it but at least they may remember it. I'd explain wh...

Sometimes life doesn't get better for a stutterer. It's rare to find a non stutterer or mild stutterer who understands....

Educate them then... They act like this because they're either 1. Just assholes - in this case, their opinions don't matter anyway 2. They know nothing about stuttering, and as such assume thin...

My theory is that when you talk they expect you to be like everyone else and once you start stuttering they forget what you said and fixate on your stutter and most people don't know what it is. I mea...

Man I really hate how everyone views us. If you aren't speaking completely fluently then you assumed to be dumb....

How to support someone who speaks with a stutter?

How to support someone who speaks with a stutter? Hi all, I've been dating someone for a couple of months who speaks with a stutter. I've been in situations with him where he's been mocked/laughed at ...

I used to stutter a lot when I was a kid. I was mocked and joked about in school every day; I think the other kids just found that funny or out of place; I was an easy target for the bullies. It took...

People don’t understand the true disability side of stuttering. I’m not gonna sit here and compare it with the likes of other physical disabilities. However, stuttering can be hidden and may be mistak...

lets be honest, they make fun of us because they don't understand, but I think the sad truth is that it does sound funny when people get caught off-guard hearing it. I don't think this is a complete a...

I get it, some people just don’t understand stutters or speech impediments in general which leads to a lot of misunderstandings in the conversation but we’ll make it through....

OP my first thought was the nurse practitioner should not be in the healthcare industry. I would find out who the nurse practitioner supervisor is and give them a call. She needs as well as the enti...

What's you think of this?

What's you think of this? Going through the process trying to see an orthopedic surgeon so I had to see his nurse practitioner first. I saw her a couple days ago, the check in nurse kinds giggled when...

Unfortunately for me, giving up tricks to avoid stuttering is like mental suicide for me, i am obligated everyday to show up and speak and act like a functional human being, plus, i am not in a countr...

No, fuck that. After nearly four decades of negative reactions, I no longer tolerate it at all. If they can be respectful toward other disabilities, they can respect us....

I scrutinise people's faces for any hint of a negative reaction to my stutter - perhaps this is unfair and we need to give people a chance to be human?

I scrutinise people's faces for any hint of a negative reaction to my stutter - perhaps this is unfair and we need to give people a chance to be human? I'm not talking about tolerance of bullying or t...

There are definitely double standards for both men and women in dating/life in general but in my experience mild stuttering in girls isn't looked down as much as stuttering in men where its strongly a...

I understand. We can't even  talk about our feelings/experience here without people be like '' ohh it's all in your head!! All you need is confidence !!'' well...people are mean. And even if they are ...

They do my lad but not if they know you stutter ahead of time....