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**Just continue to love and support your son.** Try a good speech therapist that specializes in stuttering and recommended by other stutterers. Just remember that for some, stuttering won't go away en...

Your description of your son's stuttering sounds exactly how I would describe myself. For what it's worth, I am in my late 30s, have a good job, own a house, and am married with kids; i.e., life has t...

I am 21, have been stuttering my whole life. He just has to adapt/deal with it (I’m sure he has at this point). I don’t know how much he cares or is bothered by his stutter, but when someone, my fathe...

I have a stutter, had one ever since I could speak. Seeing how the speech therapist didn’t help, nor did it help me. I only have one thing I can recommend. Just that you and he need to come to terms w...

There's plenty of people who stutter (PWS) who attend college and do fine. I do suggest if your son takes a speech course or any course where the professor requires a presentation to be made to tell t...

I completely agree with you. DON'T GIVE UP. I am 30 years old, and I stutter myself. I got my B.S. in Biology, so I know organic chemistry 1 & 2 are extremely difficult. Do not give up on being a ...

Dude are u kidding? I think about suicide all the time and the cause is stuttering for it, you can't get a job you first can't order a drink first of all you can't say your name, and think about what ...

Practice call forwarding on and off during the day. Put your phone on mute. Unhook your phone or pretend to be on a call intermittently throughout the day. Buy a Bluetooth headset and connect it to...

I second your idea of sending an email. Idk how much you get paid, buts its not worth the strain of elevated anxiety and low self esteem. Anxiety kills people. 130 calls ever day in an 8 hour period...

I would keep track of the number of phone calls you answer each day for a week or two, and present your numbers to your boss. Your boss probably has access to the total number of calls your company re...

I would get in trouble. I am supposed to grab the calls on the third ring, that was part of my job description. But I am having to answer it even when the sales can get it....

Job Interview Experiences

Job Interview Experiences Hi all, I hope you and your families are all doing well! I am a Ph.D. student researching stuttering and I am conducting a survey that looks at employment experiences of peo...

They can’t discriminate or tell you no you can’t have this job cause of your stutter. It’s against the law. He would have to make up another reason why you can’t get that job. It shouldn’t be kicking ...

I feel your pain my friend. I'm not a motivational speaker, but i just want to tell you that you are not alone. I use to stutter when i speak in english, i speak fluently in my native language, b...

Thanks for being cool about my perspective. I guess a lot of people on this sub are really depressed and miserable cuz of their stutter. I get this post and the lighthearted nature of trolling and mak...

I have a slight stutter which I discovered recently, and I take Adderall and when my medication wears off I start stammering and stuttering so not only am I in cognitive disarray having no ability to...

guys, I need pray, next week I"ll be seeking job as electronic technician. I dont wanna stutter during my interview. I"m so excited right now Rob...

New Speech Problem

New Speech Problem I’m 20 years old, I’ve never had an issue with speech until about 6 months ago. I believe that it is more than just speech. Sometimes when I’m speaking out loud to someone I don’t r...

I've had interviews that I thought I bombed because I stuttered severely the entire time. But I ended up getting the job. This happened more than once. I've also had interviews where I had relativel...

Yo man, you are just unlucky like me. As one post here said: IT jobs are toxic cuz bosses want too much. They dont understand that we cant control our stutter every time....