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Personal Essay To preface this post, I'm a Master Sergeant in the United States Space Force & am likely going to submit this personal essay, as well as many other documents, with an application to...

Does stuttering apply for social disability benefits??

Does stuttering apply for social disability benefits?? I worked in retail stocking shelves for 5 years but was let go 4 months ago. I had a couple interviews in the past where i stuttered(the hard blo...

Same here. I did Navy JROTC in high school. I was really looking forward to flying in the service. But there are a lot of disqualifiers for jobs in the service. Stuttering can be one of those disquali...

During undergrad I applied to my school’s ROTC program with intentions of being a USAF pilot. The health physical is two parts: an online questionnaire and then an in-person physical. And this stuff g...

I tried to join to RAAF as a pilot. Passed the initial entry requirements. Got told it wasn't possible without having clear speech free from impediment. I got offered to join for other roles but wasn...

This is terrible advice. Anyone can do anything even with a stutter, there are actors, news anchors, executives of huge companies, executives of small companies (like me). Maybe someone wants a job wi...

this is awful and the company needs reporting. i see from another comment that you’re in india, is a stutter considered a disability? are there laws protecting people with stutters in india? is there ...

Sadly no one understands how hard it is for us just to tell others what we know / capable of. Poor handling by that HR. You can report him by sending an email to that company. Atleast they ought to kn...

I might bring a legal case against them. Try to follow up with an email and get it on record. But baring something like that just move on and don’t be a part of that company....

I don't know how things work over in India. If this was in the West, I would certainly take this above the interviewer's head. This sort of intolerance is completely unacceptable. It is illegal in th...

Most psychiatrists/doctors in general do not really know much about stuttering to be honest. They are clueless unless they are speech pathologist and actually specialize in it. That being said, it is ...

Very well said. I’m in Canada though and I had a psychiatrist tell me they don’t think it falls under the disability here but she could be wrong...

Stuttering is recognized as a disability already and you are protected under law by the ADA. Speech is the one quality that defines humans. The ability for complex language is not seen in any other ...

The stuttering community needs to be taught to absolutely not tolerate this type of behavior from employers and to promptly sue. I’ve had similar experiences with bosses and coworkers that I wish I do...

Stuttering is covered under the ADA so if you’re in America, always document comments like this....

No one takes stuttering seriously as a speech impediment and I have been belittled my entire life for it. It makes everyone for the most part treat you like shit and it makes it extremely difficult to...

I feel like as stutterers we need to start suing jobs that discriminate against us. Money is the only thing that speaks and stuttering as a disability is not taken very seriously by a lot of people de...

Also, 3,000,000 adults stutter in the US? And this subreddit only has 11,000 followers for such a debilitating social condition? This subreddit is global as well. There’s something drastically wrong w...

Can a psychiatrist write a medical report about my stuttering? Two years ago I did an English test, I failed because of the "speaking" part. Do I have the right to not do the test again?

Can a psychiatrist write a medical report about my stuttering? Two years ago I did an English test, I failed because of the "speaking" part. Do I have the right to not do the test again? [deleted]...

I am studying to be a speech therapist. You should contact ateacher or you can contact the school SLP directly, as that is who you will beworking with. You need to demonstrate to the school that the l...