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Speech-language pathology students fake a stutter to practice empathy. Appropriate?

Speech-language pathology students fake a stutter to practice empathy. Appropriate? Hi there! I'm a graduate student in a speech-language pathology program, and I'm currently taking a class on fluency...

Pretty sure this is how we feel everytime we stutter

Pretty sure this is how we feel everytime we stutter ...

I'm a 33 year old stutterer and I gotta say I completely disagree with you. Lots of people care about stuttering. Its often very off-putting for people you're speaking with, and that's obvious to anyo...

I know it's tough man but here's an advise, no one cares about your stutter as you are, people have their own problems, changing your view about it it will help your mentality tremendously. If I'm tr...

You should start attending your local NSA chapter (National Stuttering Association). You will meet numerous people of all ages who you can relate to and converse with. I highly recommend it....

I understand where you're coming from only because I am also a stutterer but you need to realize a lot of people have never met a stutterer so they don't know how to react when we are stuck. If they'r...

I know what you mean, but I find that often the people who are able to correctly guess the word you’re stuttering on are people close enough to you to care what you have to say ...

thank you for promoting conversation. I really appreciate it and it's nice food for thought. I'm sorry these people picked you apart, but I really do appreciate it...

Makes sense. I think I'd feel that way too, but it seems to differ from person to person. I appreciate your thoughts, thank you!...

Showing the video was a great strategy! That guy was a complete ass and I hope you get him in trouble with his boss at the very least. ...

Sorry to hear, your friends sound like good mates though. Spot on. Although I wouldn't blame the entire pub just for one member of staff's shitty attitude. In my experience most people are very nice...

I still stutter all the time when I introduce myself too; it’s always the words that we can’t change or switch around that makes it the most difficult to say. I still get pretty embarrassed myself whe...

My stuttering worsened after high school so your story reminds me of myself. When a person starts talking slowly to me, I let them know that I have a speaking problem not a hearing problem. More impor...

I’ve had very similar experiences. I’ve found great places to work that understood me and my stutter and I’ve found jobs that didn’t turn out because managers wouldn’t give me chances to interact wit...

That's awful. I've had friends butt in before and save the day. But can relate nevertheless. I also love how you've got a video of yourself stammering in case of emergency, ...

Your friends sound like good people. Silver lining, your stammer helps you weed out the assholes faster....

It’s always hard explaining it to someone. Good on you though, I think you handled it maturely as did your friends. ...

Been there mate, I feel for you. Thankful I got a good group of mates and they all left and we went somewhere else. ...

Aww man. Sorry to hear about that. He’s a dick and is probably an ignorant bigot. Did your friends do anything about that?...

I'd like to see a website that regards stuttering for what it is --a problem, a pain-in-the-ass issue, a drag on potential. There are many social media accounts by PWS that just kill me with all the p...