commentr/StutterFebruary 26, 2014

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Well I can only talk for me, but I have red hair (not the typical ginger orange though, more like brownish-red) and I don't mind that at all. My stutter has really gotten better over time, and most of the times I don't even think about it. I caught myself thinking "Oh man, I am so lucky not to have any disabilities or something" and then I go like "Oh wait, I have". So for me it isn't even nearly as bad as for some others around here, but it still sucks **A LOT** when it happens, and I wish it would never happen at all. I just don't see it as a matter of "taste" or whatever, because it is (objectively) an impairment of the ability to speak. I don't feel discriminated for it, all the people who witness it don't say anything, so it's not like it sucks for me because society doesn't accept it. It just sucks because it sucks not to be able to speak sometimes. Skin color or eye color or hair color or whatever don't have any effect on any of your abilities, so they don't really compare.

Themes

Identity & DisabilityAnticipation & AvoidanceCauses & Variability

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Acceptance & PrideAvoidance & SubstitutionSeverity & Fluctuation