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Stuttering can be and is usually classified as a disability. File a claim with HR and knock those assholes down a peg or two. You have just as much right to a comfortable working environment as they d...

Anytime someone makes fun of my stutter i just instantly lose respect for them. And people I dont think anything of can't hurt my feelings. But if you could muster your speech, I would tell them off. ...

I worked at home depot for five years. At one point, during maybe year 2 this older guy in his late forties started making fun of my stutter. This hadn't happened since at least middle school, at lea...

I'm the opposite :/ wish I wasn't tho. The more people tease me (more nervous around them) the worst it gets. Wouldn't be as bad if I wasn't getting made fun of my Whole life because of it - figured ...

I hate people.....

I hate people..... Yesterday was pretty rough.... I ended up working overtime with about 7 other guys and during one of our breaks I was getting everybody's dinner order together so I can go ahead and...

Interesting Situation at the Ticket Counter...

Interesting Situation at the Ticket Counter... So I live in Jersey, but I go to school in Manhattan. I dorm there and come home every weekend or so so I'm on the train often. This morning I had an emo...

To all my fellow stuttering friends

To all my fellow stuttering friends Long time lurker on this subreddit finally making a post. I'm no different to you guys. We've experienced it all; inadequacy, inferiority, pain and well, everythi...

I'm more than happy to do any work, I just find that people negatively react to stuttering sometimes. Even if it seems like a positive interview and they understand... most people would still pick the...

I watched this programme called 'Educating Yorkshire' and in one of the episodes there was this boy with a severe stammer who was practising for his English speaking exam and I just cried because he w...

Hi! I've been stuttering since I was 3, so I don't remember myself without it. It was pretty bad in primary school, got worse in middle school (got bullied a lot, no one dared to be friends with me fo...

i agree, there's accommodations for other disabilities but not for stuttering. even if someone were mute, they'd have more understanding from society than us. ...

I've been lucky, the only instances I've even made fun of is when people genuinely don't know what's going and make a joke to break the awkwardness. Usually, I have to explain to randoms that I have o...

Why I'm leaving r/Stutter...

Why I'm leaving r/Stutter... My stuttering used to impede me a lot. Other kids wouldn't talk to me, and they wouldn't let me play the telephone game. I never talked in class. I learned to overcom...

Not much to add really. The truth is people will always judge you even if you don't stutter. However most people actually agrees on that judging someone based on a disability they have is very shallow...

This is cool, but do the "Great job, buddy! " comments in real life ever make you guys cringe? Makes me feel really subhuman....

I would like to vent my feelings.

I would like to vent my feelings. I have been stuttering since the age of 4 and i am now 15. I am absolutely sick of stuttering. It holds be back from everything. I get so nervous just standing in lin...

Agree with this. Actually, I think disfluent speech is in and of itself not the biggest issue. The issue is that there is a societal assumption that disfluent speech = lack of confidence, reduced inte...

The ADA definitions I feel are tricky for stuttering. Employers are not permitted to discriminate against persons with disabilities if the person is able to perform the job with reasonable accommodati...

I don't think we need accommodations (what type of accommodations would help?) but more comprehension from non-stuttering people would help a lot. I have a lot of issues reading aloud from a book whil...

Had a national stuttering association meeting last night where we spent two hours discussing this topic. (I am chapter leader so I brought it up HA) We came to the same consensus pretty much. It is ...