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My boss and HR manager mentioned my stutter to me and offered me support

My boss and HR manager mentioned my stutter to me and offered me support Hi all, I work in a big firm and despite my stutter I have acquired a successful carrier. My work requires a lot of communica...

Obviously depends on the severity but it really feels worse when you're a kid/teen as you have so much social pressure I've never had any problems from it as an adult in work even though it is still ...

I sent my professor an email.

I sent my professor an email. I moved to the US last month for university. I was extremely nervous because I was traveling alone and I've been having speech blocks since the 7th grade. I decided to go...

Never fucking care what others think about you , it's your style of communication ,think of Marlon Brando (God father hero) communication, that's his style. Stuttering is disabling our ability to achi...

Massive congrats! And that reminds me of the process I took. I used to walk to work, and practised every morning leading up to it. I also decided to opt into as many work presentations as I could, s...

Dont worry. I am faced same prob in my college days. Not able to tell my attendance in class every morning. Then went to the teacher and asked him to look at me when I raise my hand. I skipped few gro...

Dont worry. I am faced same prob in my college days. Not able to tell my attendance in class every morning. Then went to the teacher and asked him to look at me when I raise my hand. I skipped few gro...

Dont worry. I am faced same prob in my college days. Not able to tell my attendance in class every morning. Then went to the teacher and asked him to look at me when I raise my hand. I skipped few gro...

Dont worry. I am faced same prob in my college days. Not able to tell my attendance in class every morning. Then went to the teacher and asked him to look at me when I raise my hand. I skipped few gro...

Dont worry. I am faced same prob in my college days. Not able to tell my attendance in class every morning. Then went to the teacher and asked him to look at me when I raise my hand. I skipped few gro...

Indeed. Famous stutterers include actors, politicians, newsreaders, radio presenters, who obviously are not severe, so public perception, even if people notice at all, doesn't really take into account...

Discounts in public transportation and vehicle/home aquisition, tax relieves and most importantly, the ability to apply to job centers for disabled people (which will help you get a job according to y...

When I worked in the civil service in the UK my stammer was quite severe. I applied for a job within the second and said I had a disability which got me a guaranteed interview (I got the job). I thi...

Social Security classifies stuttering as a disability to collect SSI money. So technically we are disabled by definition. If you can't talk, you can't work. Some people have it worse than others and w...

I had this realization in college when I was required to take a public speaking course for my degree. A friend of mine recommended I speak with the university's Student Disability Services office, and...

Ok, but imagine if you do stutter when it's critical. Ofc it doesn't matter for most jobs though as they aren't critical situations....

Yep this is what I’ve done too to minimize the occurence of blocks. Highly recommened to anyone else who struggles with the same thing. It also helps vary up your communication and make you appear mor...

So having a stutter is not common, it is 1% of the population. Also by the looks of the text from OP it appears they likely are one of the stutterers who have social anxiety which is common - I believ...

What I did for this big Zoom presentation with +200 people that I had a couple months back was that I had some people from the stuttering discord listen in during my zoom presentation and it comfort m...

Anyone here who wants a partner to practice speaking or reading ?

Anyone here who wants a partner to practice speaking or reading ? Hey, I'm looking for partner/partners who wants to come out of their comfort zone and wants to practice speaking (or reading aloud) in...