commentr/StutterDecember 8, 2025

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it goes more into invisible disability territory, especially if it's mostly blocks. it's invisible in the sense that people don't see blocks as a form of stutter, but as hesitation or doubt or even passive aggression. they don't know that blocks are just blocks. some secondary behaviours are also seen as just neurotypical non-verbal expressions. for example, frowning could be seen as intentional frowning, and often interpreted as sudden aggressive face. so ignorant people will avoid you or snap at you because they conclude you're just an unstable person, not a stutterer with a frowning secondary behavior. so we need accommodations, such as being given more speaking time to finish our own sentences, or coworkers being informed that secondary behaviors shouldn't be interpreted as window to our minds or intentions. people should be informed that our words are what contains our will, thought, consent and so on, not our eyes or anything else. without informed people around us, all kinds of weirdoes get to exploit us. maybe some creep who goes "i know you said no, but your eyes said otherwise." or some asshole who talk over you and then accuse you of unwilling to speak. their inappropriate behaviors and their gaslighting can only continue because we are surrounded by people who are not informed about many ways stutter can look like. so we need to keep informing people. people who know stutterers should keep informing people too. make us visible.

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Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work

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Medicalization / NeurodiversityAccess & RightsAuthenticity vs. Masking