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I'm not in the USA. Here we have "coordinators": basically each class has a designated teacher they can go to of they have any problem. Sadly *she* is our coordinator...

I'm sorry, what you've shared sounds really hard. Not at all okay for your supervisor to use your stutter as a reason to keep you from participating as your classmates do. You're not alone, **at all,*...

Honey please look into getting speech therapy. That was able to give my son the tools needed to help himself when he is stuttering and he’s actually using the tools. I am so so grateful for that. My s...

I don't think it would help you that much. Even if you're posting something and the majority told you you have a stutter it wouldn't change your options on the solution. From what I read from your exa...

It can be very invidual yes. What I notice in this subreddit that everyones stutter is different or at least I didn't remember people who "share" the exact same situations ^^. It's sad that they won't...

Right. My parents won't let me to go to speech therapy though. Hmmm... my father's stutter is kinda like mine... But he does kinda 'block'. Not like most people do, but like when saying 'luck' e.g som...

Hey man, I'm sorry you've had some tough experiences. You deserve to be heard whether you hardly stutter at all or stutter on every word! I know it's hard to feel that when it seems like others aroun...

I came across your comment when I was searching on Reddit. My name is Alhanoof Sahrah, and I am a speech-language pathologist and doctoral researcher at the University of Reading, UK. I am currently...

Advice for my 12 year old who stutters

Advice for my 12 year old who stutters My child has had a stutter since around the age of 3. It fluctuates often, and the phrases or sounds that are repeats repeats change very frequently, as it does ...

You have the right to have your child assessed (tested) for free by the school for any perceived problem that may impact his education. Many schools will try to convince you that testing (for anything...

1. Find a new speech therapist. 2. You have little to no control at school. Trust that he'll manage. 3. Let me add an asterisk to number 2. Are you in a school district that is socioeconomical depress...

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the time you took on this thoughtful response. It makes me feel a lot better. He does have some of the difficulties you mention but at home he’s definitely relax...

Some questions: 1. Is he avoiding communicating with friends? 2. Is he avoiding communicating with teachers? 3. Does he exhibit avoidance behaviors such as switching words or not talking? 4. Is ther...

US Public School System Expectations

US Public School System Expectations Hey all, My kid who will be registering for kindergarten this year, his first institutional experience due to living in a pre-k desert, has stuttered since he cou...

Here's the thing - YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ OUT LOUD. Do you have an IEP? (aka Individual Education Plan) If you go to speech therapy at school, then you do. If you don't go to speech in school, you s...

16s was the hardest part of my stuttering life. Your brain is not fully developed and you dont know yet how to deal with all this shit. I would tell my 16 years old "me": \- Write an email to you te...

Hello, I’m 22M so still remember a lot of things my parents would do to ‘help’ me. My mum sheltered me for most of my childhood. Stuff like making phone calls for me, saying what I wanted at restaur...

Are you saying I can't work with a therapist who's not from my area? I'm from Lithuania, been discussing some details with therapist from the Netherlands, she didn't mention any difficulties. Thank yo...

I don’t know how to help you stop the blocking but I strongly encourage you to email your teacher. She probably thought you were nervous more than dumb. You can explain to her in writing whats going o...

OK, something doesn't add up here. Wasn't it you who posted the complaint about your teacher at school laughing at you when you had a block?...