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There is such a huge need keep applying. Do your best to show your situation makes you better because you relate more to the young people you want to serve it's that simple....

I would advice just push yourself when you need to speak with someone, don’t try to avoid it. And more practice with people, I prefer 1 to 1. It’s hard and scary yeah What about the future with stutte...

The solution is to accept you have a stutter and that the people interviewing you see all different sorts of people with all sorts of different personality and body quirks. Your stutter is no big deal...

Challenging stuttering misinformation in employment

Challenging stuttering misinformation in employment What would you like employers to know about stuttering? I’m writing a piece for London School of Economics on how negative perceptions and misinfo...

You deserve to be there. Your employer hired you knowing about your speech. I'm an electrical engineer and give briefs and run meetings, they'll just get used to it. You can't change it so it's not wo...

OP, I really relate. I recently started a new job at the same time as two other people, and seeing how effortlessly they connect with our colleagues makes me feel both envious and a bit sad. I’ve trie...

You simply build self confidence by being good at your job and literally own the room when it's your time to talk. That's what I do. Don't like how I talk? Couldn't care less. It's all about getting s...

Feel ya. At the end of the day your work and insight will do the talking. Develop an ego. If these people are judging your work by your physical difficulty speaking, they're the dummies. And though yo...

Don’t make the same mistake I did. I didn’t go to grad school because I was so embarrassed of my stutter and the thought of presenting made me sick. I regret it to this day. And in my career now I l...

Almost in same situation, can’t do much but just hope people don’t think too negative about us. I know it’s real disappointing and questions our self worth too. But keep up your head, you have secured...

How do you handle stuttering at work. Speaking in meetings with over a dozen to two dozen people staring at you talking.

How do you handle stuttering at work. Speaking in meetings with over a dozen to two dozen people staring at you talking. My job is going to involve meetings where everyone is a communication expert. ...

Dude there is nothing about your stutter stopping you from grad school. If you feel you can excel in a research field then do it! I won’t lie, my stutter made giving some research presentations to...

Sounds like a tough situation for you at work. Sorry you’re going through this. I can only imagine how stressful your work can get, and the added pressure of having to make calls and give reports unde...

We can’t keep borrowing trillions to pay for every master’s degree under the sun. If a field like speech therapy can’t pay its own grads enough without unlimited government loans, the answer isn’t to ...

Bro well done i love what you have achieved its a great success to overcome stuttering! I know the pain of it and it can destroy someone completely… I would like to achieve what you have achieved wh...

Out of options at work

Out of options at work hey guys. So I’ve been working as a Paramedic for a little under 2 months now, with 4 years of EMS experience in total. I previously worked as an EMT-Basic for those 4 years, an...

When I was younger , like in high school for example I would be self conscious about reading in class or being called on  I made myself do it still and it helped. When I worked a Kmart in HS I would h...

Ordering through the drive thru or having to talk on the phone with banks or any business is devastating, but if It needs to be done I suck it up and do what I need to do. The internal thought in my ...

The thing that stutterers need to remember is that everyone is self-conscious about something. Some people are worried about how they look, how tall they are, what their face looks like, how they dres...

Hey man don’t feel down i know this feeling i got presentations in university that I’m actively avoiding i don’t care about the grade it’s not worth the embarrassment i just wanna pass and not be a la...