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There’s no doubt that both autism and stuttering are life changing disabilities. However, I would challenge you to look at it from a new perspective. Many people find an identity in autism and stutter...

The only thing they have in common is that they are both disabilities that do not have a cure. Any parent who has an autistic child has spent many nights praying for a cure, wondering how their child ...

I wish I had an answer to that. I already graduated 7 years ago(damn I’m old) but I always stayed to myself and I usually forget about a few hours later anyways...

Hello, i know how frustrating and isolating it is to struggle with a communicative disorder—I've been dealing with post-traumatic speech difficulties for over a decade, and I completely understand how...

Stuttering during eye exam

Stuttering during eye exam Anyone else DREAD doing eye exam where the optician tells you to read the letters on the wall? I had a full medical check up today and an eye exam was a part of it. I’ve w...

Unfortunately overall but fortunately in this situation where you aren't being found out: all women have to do in order to blend into the background is be pretty(for their culture/setting) and quiet f...

You’re bullied as much by girls. Guys don’t bully you, but they belittle you and act like you’re a little child struggling to form sentences which gets so frustrating. Those are the guys that say it’s...

I personally believe being a pretty girl helps. I was that girl. On the top of that I was so shy and timid that most people assumed that I do not stutter. Man usually behaved so well and tried to help...

I'm sure pretty privilege plays a part in being more confident, but from my experience, most people don't make fun of stutterers because they don't want to be perceived as an asshole. I'm a woman an...

fluency is so important to you because you are a people who stutter, for other people it isn't. No one cares 99,9% of the time when you stutter, only you. That's a classic trap for people who stutter:...

As a not-ugly guy, I think being soft spoken and approachable also adds to the pretty privilege on my part. Hearing how you are when depressed is interesting, because when I’m depressed, my anxiety an...

Kinda depend on the environment you are in but the opposite gender does have it easier when it comes to dealing with things like this, boys are less likely to make fun of girls for stuttering cuz they...

I always have this ongoing joke among friends and family that my good looks are God’s apology for giving me a severe stutter. I do believe this privilege exists, since I’ve never really struggled maki...

I’ve had a similar experience, I’m also attractive but I don’t think that has anything to do with it in my case. It just seems to be human decency rather than privilege. Mind you, pretty privilege ...

Lol this 100% and if I have the word written down or is in some sort of display, only AFTER I see the other person is actively reading it I can say it fluently...

> That made me think that we are often too hard on ourselves, and maybe people don’t notice our stutter as much as we do. That's true to some extent, people who don't have a stutter do stutter somet...

I feel the same way , i have always been self conscious about my stutter but the people around me never really notice it or it doesn’t bother them. I too think maybe it is pretty privilege maybe you g...

25f with this problem and I work in an intense atmosphere (retail pharmacy) how I cope with it? no idea I’ve just kinda dealt with it🥰😅...

My worse was getting pulled over and cop thinks im lying cus my stutter is that bad so he says hes gonna search the car and finds nothing but still waste of timee...

I understand. But ultimately, the things we do to avoid them, make everything worse, for our own mental health, and for our listener to know what is happening...