commentr/StutterFebruary 24, 2015

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8 days later but I still want to share this. I'm also in college and I have registered with my Office for Students with Disabilities, OSD, and it's been a really big help in terms of social anxiety. The people at the office are insanely nice and really patient and helpful with everyone, especially people who stutter. The only accommodation I need is being exempt from presentations and having the teacher not call on me out of nowhere to answer a question. Before I registered some of my professors just straight up declined working with me until I had spoken with the office, so I pretty much had to sign up. And since I had speech classes ever since elementary school, all they needed were the forms that I've had since then. The biggest thing though is that the people there are awesome. Even if you don't end up signing up for help, I really encourage you to just meet the people there and meet others that have their own problems. It was really nice and comforting to meet genuine and humble people there.

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School & WorkEmotional ExperienceCommunity & Support

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Access & RightsAnxiety & Social JudgmentValidation & Empathy