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I am meeting new colleagues on Monday and I intend to disclose it. Something along the lines of ‘… I also have a stutter. This means that I sometimes fumble or clutter words. Just be patient with me” ...

I once had a bartender tell me I was too drunk to serve because I stuttered when ordering. It was my first drink of the night. Luckily my friends encouraged me to go back and explain to him that I h...

This is my post. And this was my thought process. I’d also like to apologize. While I still stand by my joke being objectively funny due to the witty nature of it I had NO idea the trauma behind it. I...

Accept yourself for the amazing person you are. I was able to achieve great success in life in spite of my stutter. First, you need to get out of your own way. Tell people you stutter, ask them to be ...

I was in the exact same position. My mom new I stuttered so she'd talk for me. Plus it felt better coming from her than from an 18 year old kid. Like if we wwre at doctors offices or whatever You get...

Do it. You're concerned with the hell of getting through it? The worse hell is the regret you're going to suffer from not doing it. Letting your stutter stop you from doing things piles up. And you l...

Ask your colleague what they want you to do. Source: The speech therapist I took my son to today for his first appointment. I asked the therapist the same exact questions. A little more: It's imp...

How can I help support a colleague who stutters?

How can I help support a colleague who stutters? I volunteered to be a resource for a colleague who is learning a new software. They have just joined our company and we are both working from home. We ...

Not in university anymore but the friends I had generally were accepting of my stutter. I also always told professors about my stutter if I felt it was bad enough or if I had to present in front of cl...

Work Advice Needed - Adressing a Stuttering Joke

Work Advice Needed - Adressing a Stuttering Joke One of my co-workers made a stuttering joke in our team slack channel, and I want to address it. Someone posted a meme and asked us to give it a captio...

It's natural to get mad sometimes. But if you weren't angry, all the better for you. I would call someone out for their poor reaction though. "Hey man. I have a speech impediment. I ain't mad, but do...

I had an old boss who used to make fun of me. It’s cool though because I would always make fun of him afterwards with his marriage problems. I gave him a lot of shit back and made his life harder....

Funny enough I tend to relax more around woman, unless it's one I really like, then I kinda get flustered... but yeah generally once the girl/woman gets over hearing you first stammer, and actually...

Most customers are so nice to me! Today I was just letting myself stutter and everyone treated me the same as when I hide it! I stuttered with this one lady but I was maintaining conversation and no...

My best advice is to advocate for yourself and educate yourself more on stuttering so you can appropriately address those types of comments. One way to prepare yourself is to take a brief moment befo...

Like with any other disability, you **MUST ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF!** "I stuttered because I am a stutterer. I grew up with a stutter and it is a challenge I face in my life every day." We've all felt...

I’m a veteran of this topic!! Tell everyone at the beginning that you have a speech disability and to just be patient with you (and smile, puts everyone act ease). Don’t try to hide anything. Put it o...

Agree with a lot of the advice on here. I think some simple tips I find useful are: tell the people in your life what you need from them and how they can lighten your load. I find that my closest frie...

First of all, well done for taking the plunge and applying for the job….make sure to keep us posted how you get on… I can relate to your sense of panic mode….the phone has filled me with dread many m...

Maybe be up front and ask for a video call/ face to face meeting if possible and explain why? Worst they can do is say no. And if they do be weird about it, then that's a red flag that you shouldn't w...