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Honestly going out and partying helped me since I was away at college but besides that time. I also reached out to my campus’s center for student excellence and got some accommodations set up so I did...
Yep. Lost potential jobs because I couldn’t answer the question “give me an example of a time you had take control of a situation and fix it” even though I know exactly what I wanted to say and practi...
Hi Margaux ! It's pretty lame that your grandparents does that. Maybe they do it because they think that it's the way to solve it, you know, the "old mentality" : "Force more and it will works", but t...
Disorder, or impairment, or disability. Namely because as a multiply disabled dude I've seen too many times when the word 'difference' has really been meaning 'not like the physically disabed' and tha...
I think it’s the social anxiety that is triggered by stuttering that does this. There are ways to work on the anxiety. Honestly it’s mostly just not giving a fuck what other ppl think of it and stayin...
My husband just told me the other day that he walked out of his AP German text in frustration because he stuttered. Please contact The College Board and request reasonable accommodation under the ADA....
Bit late, but if you lose marks for having a stutter that is absolutely outrageous. It is literally a disability. It would be like marking someone down because they are in a wheelchair. Please talk to...
I don't think you can request not to do things in your job description, but reasonable accommodation is covered in the ADA (if you live in America)...
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I want to be of help Hello everyone, I am a mentor in public speaking and in presenting yourself to an audience. I don't stutter and the reason I joined this group is to be of help but I don't know h...
All great suggestions from a caring and experienced group. I just want you to know that there is a federal law called the American Disabilities Act that prohibits discrimination because of any disabil...
That's not fair, your stutter shouldn't affect your grades, i think you and your parentsshould talk to the teachers about this...
no, we don't have a student accessibility office unfortunately. my university is very small, as i live in a small country. but damn your professor sounds like an asshole wtf......
don’t stress about it too much, it’s in the past but don’t dwell on it too much. i was recently just forced to do a couple zoom presentations (for a writing class ironically) and the professor TORE ME...
Is it just one presentation? Universities have something called extenuating circumstances and accommodations. They can provide you an alternative to the presentation with no effect on your grade at al...
I’m almost 30, and I’ve accepted my stutter (though it’s not like I had a choice). I have a particularly severe stutter that’s impossible to hide (takes me like a minute to say 2-4 words) and speech t...
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 ...
Man, it would be so much easier to just sign out our names rather than say it, assuming we know sign language...
Yeah, so not funny. People suck. Petition to make it illegal to disclose one’s name and we as a society take up sign language...
Record. It's not illegal for 1:1 conversations in North America directed specifically to you. The only time HR works in your favour is when you present a liability to their credibility or profits. If ...
Dude, what kind of messed up people do you work for? Hold your ground when people demote you and put you down like that. I know you need a job to survive, but have some self-respect Jesus. If a boss w...