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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...

Personally, if I was filling out a form or something that asks if I have any disabilities I wouldn't put stuttering. I have thought of it as being a disability though because it is disabling in some w...

It's a good question. There are two perspectives to take on this: legal and personal. Legal: According to the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) A disability is ["a physical or mental impairment ...

Is stuttering a disability?

Is stuttering a disability? Just throwing the questions out there. Thoughts?...

I'm curious if you can list your speech impediment as a disability on your job applications. It seems like something you might have to do if you are really incomprehensible at times....

Depends where you are, but if you are given any issue at work because you stutter, there are a number of things you can do. For example, and for a more extreme case where you feel "discriminated agai...

I agree, sometimes accommodations are necessary to level the playing field and I think in that case it's ok. Thanks for sharing....

Check your college/university disability department. You may be able to qualify for money as some consider stuttering a disability. Worth a try. I never did..but one of my professors mentioned it...

I haven't yet (FR in community community college), but I plan to at some point, perhaps when I transfer in the fall. What we gotta realize is that registering with the disability office helps the prof...

We're talking about kids who have gone through the lengthy/stringent special education evaluation process- very little chance of students faking that convincingly enough. I personally could see givin...