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30M When I started talking to friends and colleagues about my stammer, I was so surprised by how many of them commented on my stammer being humanising and charming. Its quite a vulnerable thing to sta...

Stuttering is normally portrayed for either comedy or character development. "Ha ha stuttering is funny and means the character is stupid" probably needs no further explanation, it's bad. I also don...

I feel this so hard. I've been there so many times. I'm mostly a covert stutterer which means I'm constantly trying to find other words for the word I can't say. But sometimes there are no other words...

Tbf stuttering is very rare to begin with. Only like 6% of the US population is black and female. Only 1% of the total population stutters, and that includes children that grow out of it. And even the...

I’m a black man too. People go through different things and knowing that there’s someone like you who’s going through something similar can put you at ease. I’m also gay, so to see a stutterer is nice...

What that user said ^ think of your stutter as a gift that helps you see which people are actually worth being a part of your life...

I like to be honest and open about my stutter to a prospective employer. They're always very understanding and accepting of it. My job requires clear, concise verbal and written communications as I'm...

Not a black woman but I do have something to say about stuttering among black people. I often find that black people tend to make light of my stutter the most. For ex, they'd see me struggling trying ...

4 out of 5 people who stutter are male. There is an excellent podcast for women who stutter at stutterrockstar.com . I know several African American women who stutter, you’re not alone!...

I’m a 26m also with more of a mild stutter. Personally, I would say that you should do whatever makes you feel the most comfortable. If self-disclosing your stutter before meeting reduces some anxiety...

We're only about ~25% of the stuttering population how.... lucky of us....

Should I tell people I stutter? Online dating

Should I tell people I stutter? Online dating I'm a 24f female. I haven't dated a lot of people, but I've recently started back through an online platform. I have a mild stutter, it's not really bad b...

Yea I agree it’s mostly men that have this disorder. I’m happy to see there’s more women coming up to the for front to represent women who stutters....

I would say that different cultures or ethnicities generally might react to stuttering differently and those in those cultures and/or ethnicities might grow up/live with similar experiences....

I'm a white woman so I can understand the "woman" part. The majority of stutterers I see are males and the only woman I can think of died over 50 years ago (Marilyn Monroe). 1. Representation matter...

I’m a black women who stutters. I don’t see any representations of black women who stutter on social media. Is any black women here on Reddit that stutters?

I’m a black women who stutters. I don’t see any representations of black women who stutter on social media. Is any black women here on Reddit that stutters? ...

I have been stuttering since the age of six and have received treatment for as a child. I am now 21 and I still stutter. There have been periods where I don't stutter much or at all and periods where...

It likely won't go away past the age of 12 or so. It can be controlled to a certain extent though....

It will not go away. But you can definitely learn to control it. I'm not saying it'll be perfect, but you can manage your fluency to a very functional degree. Source: am an adult who stutters. Nobod...

I woke up feeling the same way. I miss being “fluent” even though I don’t remember how was it like since I started stuttering at the age of 9. Sometimes I just like to remind myself that stuttering ...