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How has it affected your working life?

How has it affected your working life? Here's my working life cliff notes.. I think it turned into a rant. TL:DR - My work life has been affected by my stutter, for the worse. Each job it's impacted ...

Well I am sorry that I offended you. I'm glad that you got what I was trying to say which means I was successful in my communication. I am sorry I used cancer. Please feel free to substitute it with ...

I hate it when people do something like this, they replace the word to make it sound worse to prove their point. I get what you’re trying to say, but you’re ignoring the fact that stuttering is almos...

What are the weirdest things you’ve been asked about your stutter?

What are the weirdest things you’ve been asked about your stutter? “Are you okay?” “Do you need water?” “Do you have autism?” “Just try to speak!”...

I wish when people go through "inclusivity training" at work or whatever they call it they would actually bring up stuff like stuttering. Seems like all they do is focus on stuff that never happens li...

Your instructor would be wrong to just let this happen AND reduce your grade as a result. I don’t know the answer. Stuttering is a disability. You don’t dock someone with a disability because they’re ...

I hate being called 'Lucky'

I hate being called 'Lucky' After my first few bad presentation experiences, i just stopped giving presentations in University altogether. Teachers usually give me around avg or below marks coz they d...

Thoughts on people making fun of Joe Biden for his stutter?

Thoughts on people making fun of Joe Biden for his stutter? I’m not the biggest Joe Biden fan. However as a person which a moderate to sometimes severe stutter I have so much respect for him to run as...

awww, honey! don't be so hard on yourself. many people don't even have the courage to speak publicly, even without having a stutter. that alone is deserving of respect. concerning your prayer, chances...

Usualy yes. I find most people randomly imitate it because they don't know that I'm not doing it on purporse...

Teachers always seemed to think I was faking it especially when it came time to present a project or read out loud during class I'd remain quite till id get sent to the principal where I'd explain m...

That must be so annoying. It’s funny how he suddenly knew how the stuttering brain works, like scientists are wasting their time by continuing to research it lmao....

When I was in sixth form one guy seemed to imply I was faking it. He'd ask something like "why do you stutter", "but how come you stuttered on mango but not man?" etc....

Have you ever been accused of faking your stutter/stammer?

Have you ever been accused of faking your stutter/stammer? It’s never happened to me personally, although there have been times when people have pointed out that I said a sentence fluently, but I’m no...

I feel the same way. That I may have overreacted to the situation. In my defense she has the slightest idea what I’ve been through with my speech. Decades of not getting jobs, discrimination, fired fr...

Speech therapists are there to take advantage of us. When I was at my most vulnerable when I was just a little kid, my speech therapist at school implemented this system where she told my friends to s...

Maybe a bit harsh yes. But as someone who is interested and works in the field of psychiatry I get the feeling that the man behind this post is a bad, bad guy. The whole post just screams that he has...

Thank you!! He forgot the words to the Dec of Independence, he tells voters to vote for someone else, he challenges voters to a push up contest to avoid answering questions about his son. It's ridicul...

Absolutely. I can't overstate my hate for Trump but he's going to mop the floor with Biden. I just hope his poor performance isn't attributed to his stutter :(...

I wouldn't want Joe to be the face of something like that dude's a mess with a rough voting record...