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Sry to comment twice but I am tone policed day long by people who give me tone and I finally told them the other day when 3 people were condescending to me about something that could have been a convo...

Everyone at work thinks I'm a rude, pushy liar because they don't know how to read a stutterer. I had to get an ADA form just to have my phone anxiety while still actively answering phones stop impact...

You’ve accomplished a lot, engineering was my dream career. You know first hand stuttering doesn’t make you any less competent. My advice is, let your interviewer know you have a stutter. Tell them yo...

Has someone accused your tone of not being respectful? If so, I would say “sorry, I’m being as respectful as I can be while trying to manage my stutter”...

I recently had someone call me who saw my resume off of indeed , for my second job , I’m a certified pharmacy tech . She called me & she wouldn’t even let me finish my answers , since I was stutte...

Maybe tell them that you have a stutter disorder. In that escenario you won´t be wasting energy trying to hide it. Instead you can focus on being you. I can asure you that in that escenario your chanc...

Thanks for your feedback! My thought process of wanting to bring it up was only if having the conversation would create a safe space for him to not feel like he needs to excuse it off or play it off e...

Thank you for your feedback and your perspective! Based on many of the responses here, it would be best to let him approach the topic when he’s ready so I’m gonna give him the space to do just that....

Thank you for your feedback! I definitely don’t rush him or make faces etc. It’s sad to hear that this is the response that some people have. My thought process of wanting to bring it up was only if h...

You don't need to necessarily talk about it before he knows you love and support him. Once you don't look irritated by it, don't make funny faces, don't try to rush him when he is speaking etc. He kno...

Tell him you think he has a stutter and that's ok with you. Maybe he'll deny it at first. In the mean time, look up secondary behaviors of stutter. Grimacing, rapid blinking, or widening eyes. These ...

Elementary school.. 5th -6th grade. That shit was brutal , messed me up until I started swinging on people making fun of me. Then it evened itself out 😂...

This is spooky, I do the exact same thing, I coach swimming and the kids are mostly 6-10. And whenever they ask me or make fun of me, I just tell them I was born like this and they shouldn't laugh at ...

When I was 14-20 I would just find something I was sure that young ignorant to-be bully was self conscious about and poke that. I think I did it at a job I was later fired from for a completely diff...

I just teach them that it's something I can't control and to be nicer next time, usually they're happy with that....

Here's an expression I've recently adopted: "What you permit, you promote." Don't permit it. Take the team, sit them down, and have a conversation about disabilities. I'd suggest you find some examp...

i’ve been having trouble saying thank you, so much lately. i hope people don’t think i’m being rude but it just doesn’t come out. i internally say thank you...

Some people has avoidance behaviour but does tremendous effort´s getting out of they comfort zone trying to dissolve their stuttering issues: Speaking about their emotions and traumas, going to phys...

I sometimes will kinda put my hands together and up like the emoji when you type thank you, and give a little nod. Usually though when Im doing this the words come right out anyway, but won't if I don...

Around my part of the world " I appreciate you" Is a pretty normal stand-in for saying thank you. I don't even think anyone would notice because it's so common....