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Bfs aunt told me to act “more special needs” to get “more food from the food pantry”

Bfs aunt told me to act “more special needs” to get “more food from the food pantry” My (28f) bf(36m) and I live together in our own apartment. We’ve been struggling as of late due to snap benefits no...

I have had that problem my whole entire life, I have a bachelor's in computer science and instead of getting those jobs I get warehouse, production and assembly jobs instead and being denied to level ...

All the time, except I’m in Texas. I will simply ask a question and have a slight stutter and I get the look on people’s faces like “is this girl slow?”...

That’s discrimination and illegal, however, proving they didn’t hire you because of your stutter would be an uphill battle unfortunately. Do you really want to work for an organisation that discrimin...

HR is hesitating to hire me just because I have a stutter

HR is hesitating to hire me just because I have a stutter I am looking for a mechanical design engineering job. I received many calls from HR team. Once they come to know that I have a stutter during ...

this is unfortunately true, as soon as u stutter you are automatically looked at as less no matter the person your speaking to. It’s just a natural instinct or habit....

I swear the thing with having a visible stutter is that it gives confidence...to other people who than treat you like crap. I've had many such cases where a conversation was going well but than I stut...

Mmm , this is the life of little moderate to severe stutterers. This is a serious problem like an ADHD or autism or OCD. Stutterers fight their way up in life despite no support from parents or teache...

I would stutter if I was "allowed".

I would stutter if I was "allowed". Anybody ever feel like if they were to stutter around certain people, they'd just make a big deal out of it? Like i would stutter, but I know some people would jus...

Just ask them what’s funny? I think it also helps to establish that you don’t want jokes made about it. For example, I crack a lot of jokes, many of which are at my expense. So people around me also...

Hey, I am sorry you had to go through that. Give yourself some time to reflect and contact the owner, write an email calling for some sensitivity training and how disappointed you are by the attitude ...

I build maps for the Forest Service. My first job was answering the phones and doing customer service at a skydiving facility close to my house. It was a struggle starting out with my stutter but even...

Not really a problem in my experience but I’m sure it happens. Anyone who maliciously does it though doesn’t deserve your time or energy. I think we’re way harder on ourselves than anyone ever could b...

Make fun of them back especially if they stutter for any reason then they usually stop...

As a kid I told them to fuck off As an adult I tell them to fuck off One time a waitress made fun of my stutter and I get them fired. I don’t have no mercy or time for their BS 💀 They gone remembe...

I honestly with more would laugh about it, instead of people walking on eggshells around me or thinking I am "slow" and will have a meltdown or tantrum if something goes wrong....

Yeah. It's a totally normal thing to laugh and poke fun when someone flubs a word. Most people have no idea they're being insulting....

This is it. I haven’t had someone be malicious about it since I was like 11. I’m 35 now. I try to use it as an opportunity to build awareness....

As an adult, I pretty never have people make fun of me. I do get strangers who make light hearted jokes sometimes that mean nothing by, they’re just ignorant. You know ‘did you forget your name?’ Or w...

Honestly I've been pretty lucky with the people around me. I think I've only been mocked once and that was during a job (when I used to work freelance) and it really just took me by surprise and I jus...