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Hey just wanted to say that you and I are the same when it comes to our stories and how our stuttering is and how it effects us. I chose the career of a teacher for a reason to overcome it everyday. E...

2014 is the year my stutter doesn't rule my life.

2014 is the year my stutter doesn't rule my life. Hi, everyone. My names Dylan. For the last 16 or so years, my stutter has ruled my life. Grew up with my mom (and stepdad) screaming at me every time ...

Aside from more fluent speaking I learned to be more open about my stutter from the clinic. Before I would do anything to hide it. From the clinic I gained an appreciation for being more open about it...

Did anyone else start at age 18?

Did anyone else start at age 18? Hello all, I've just come here to tell my story. One day I woke up with a severe stammer. I just couldn't speak, I could only say about 10% of the things I wanted to....

I personally don't view my stuttering as a disability. Some people have their "thing" they have to deal with. For some people that is depression, bipolar disorder, autism, cancer, cerebral palsy -- th...

The BSA has a pretty cool initiative, the [Employers Stammering Network](http://www.stammering.org/esn.html). What I think is interesting about this is that it bridges the gap between the stuttering...

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...

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 ...

I dont know if it really gets us anything. Im pretty sure Ive been turned down a couple times for jobs because of my stutter. Thats illegal to not hire someone because of a stutter, but how in the hel...

I consider it a disability, even though many people I have talked to who also stutter do not see it as so. To me, it affects my day to day life and has the potential to affect me in my career as wel...

I am,or I was,I really don't know why I stopped.I had a quite successful gaming channel on my native language,and since my fellow countrymen aren't exactly fond of accepting differences,especially not...

I suffer from the same problem. Been stuttering since the age of 6 I think and its been been getting worse it seems (or maybe not...but it still is very bad). It is a hereditary thing for me as my fat...

It's awesome hearing everyone's stories. I'm glad you're all able to share. Intaminfanatic, I'm sorry for everything you've been through, but congrats on graduating college! I often feel like people ...

Hey archie, I'm a third year college student doing computer science, I know how you feel about your speech holding you back. I have so much I want to say and do, I feel like I am missing out on the co...

Seems like my story has a lot of similarities to many of yours. I've stuttered since I started speaking and was in speech therapy for 12 years (Grades 1-12). In the 12th grade, my (very low income) ...

I don't stutter at all when I drink, but I stutter a lot when I don't. I remember before I ever started drinking, I was a pretty competent speaker all the time, and when I started drinking, I stuttere...

Where are you located? I could try to get you in touch with a help group maybe. Or if you're looking to get advice about dealing with interviews from people here, you could Skype with the willing. My ...

Just opening up about stuttering.

Just opening up about stuttering. Hey guys, my name is Archie. I've had a stutter all my life, it developed from a stammer to mostly blocks. I never talk about it with anyone and thought it would help...

It has made me more understanding of people that do stutter as well but also just more understanding of people that have any minor or major disabilities. Specifically for myself i think it made me mor...

It depends on the job, person interviewing, etc. This topic comes up offer at my chapter meeting as well. Bring it up in the interview and use it to your advantage. Make it a positive quality. N...