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Please don't give up. I'm a woman who stuttered my entire life until I became fluent at 70. Though I didn't have much of a dating life in my teens, I was married to a wonderful professional man right ...

Yes. Stuttering changed the course of my life. After university, I dreaded a career in mental health because who would trust a person who could speak fluently? Fortunately, I married well and didn't H...

You are a very thoughtful colleague! Having been an out of control stutterer until I was about 25 and worked in open plan offices, I can understand his anxiety. Although everyone is different, it is ...

Individuals may have different reactions to a script. Some PWS will have a negative response to reading from a text. Others may benefit from "following" the text. I always gained confidence and fl...

You can practice with him on the phone to start, you call him as a customer (low stress), then move up to him calling zappos customer service and asking about random items, they are very patient. If y...

Ok I didn't know if your team coach description was a side gig or something. Wasn't explicit. The other commenters had good ideas. Maybe he needs accommodation. Like a separate calling area? Cross...

Thank you so much for this! It was really insightful and I’m glad you managed to gain some confidence! For sure, this guy is definitely resilient which is why I want to be careful in my approach and...

Thank you for your reply! Unfortunately as it stands, yes. For some reason they’re really pushing the call thing this financial year. We have call policies where certain situations are an immediate ...

Yes he has expressed this to me. To the point where I’ve had to give him some time away from the desk to calm himself and breath. When I say “doing well” I mean his attitude and resilience is great....

I am a person who stutters (PWS) and have managed people in the workplace that stutter. PWS can face different levels of difficulty and can be at various places in their journey. Therefore, there is...

Does he *have* to take calls? Employers should meet the needs of employees with disabilities so I’d start simply by asking if he *wants* to take calls or just do his job purely via text communication ...

> He’s understandably really anxious about the calls and I can see that even though he’s doing well at them, his self confidence is down and the anxiety makes his stutter worse so he’s in a bad cy...

You should do it, especially if you like the sound of it. It'll open doors for you. With so much work now done via Teams, the future offers some opportunities for you. I could do my job just typin...

Any advice to help a colleague?

Any advice to help a colleague? Hello all, I hope you are well! I was looking for a little advice to help someone I work with who has a stutter. For context it’s a customer support role that involve...

Get the skills first and then worry about the interviews. Looking back, I don’t think I have ever been humiliated in an interview before. Dating though, this is where I failed miserably:-( Hope you ha...

There are many non physical construction related jobs such as interior design, architecture etc, but for those jobs you need to be very creative and passionate to be able to earn a decent amount of mo...

I’m not going to sugar coat it for you, the interviews were tough. Easily the hardest hurdle to get over, but I find it helps to mention to them ASAP you stutter to avoid any awkward situations like “...

I also regularly experience severe blocks, often also midword, and almost always accompanied by facial grimaces, e.g, closing my eyes abruptly and with such a strong force that I also squeeze my mouth...

i just finished Uni and now im really scared about not finding a good job i don’t have high expectations believe me but almost all of them are jobs for sales or thinks like that...

Thank you, I agree! That sounds so nice, I wish more jobs were chill like that with the hiring process. It would take away so much stress....