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How Kids Helped Me Accept My Stutter an article by Rachel Hoge


I stutter. As a result, I have been mocked, insulted, misjudged, and refused service. A bank teller, a cop, and even a bartender was suspicious. This has to stop.


an article by Rachel Hoge from washingtonpost.com


Joann: As a Speech Language Pathologist and basic human being, I commend you for standing up for yourself as well as trying to educate the many individuals who do not stutter. I remember in college I had an assignment where I had to stutter to see the persons reactions. I went to a deli with a friend and tried to order a corned beef sandwich with pickles. The waitress relied on my friend rather than dealing with me. When I later confronted the waitress and told her about the assignment she got very angry. This was over 25 years ago.! There are many famous people who stutter as you know. I’m sure you have an arsenal of strategies that you use. Stuttering is physically and emotionally draining for the stutter and the listener. I guess that is why I try to be a patient listener with my students . I share with them my weaknesses while pointing out their strengths. Remember you are an important person with important things to say.


Madeline: My job is nerve-wrackingly phone-centric, and that's where the worst of my stutter comes out. I was talking to a newcomer to my industry a few months ago, and I stuttered on my name early in the conversation. After he said "Well, M-m-madeleine..." I wished so hard I could reach through the receiver and slap him across the face. Some people are just going to be awful, and I feel worse for them than I do about being a stutterer.


Prakash: As a stutterer myself, we're the most impatient people on this planet when it comes to speaking. If we only consistently reduce our speed words will ease out more. The worst mistake we tend to do is before we start to say anything we have many negative thoughts such as what will the listener think if I stutter or gosh hope I don't stutter now, and many other such thoughts and the situation worsens. What really helps is don't bother about anything and say it in a relaxed way. It's definitely tough but it works most of the time. Being ridiculed by a few rotten apples in the society should not affect us. There are many who take a stutterer seriously and knows that he or she is a normal person with a slight problem. And who doesn't have one??


Linda: I have stuttered since I started school and the school picked it up and told my mother. I work as a pediatric registered nurse and I am definitely more at ease with my speech around children. I have definitely found my calling in life and feel truly blessed.


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When Police Encounter Persons Who Stutter a Stuttering Foundation article


Tara: I was pulled over once for a headlight being out and ended up being questioned if I was drunk, because I was "stuttering" as the cop said. It was embarrassing and difficult to explain. The police officer eventually believed me. I now carry a "I stutter" card in my glove box with my other information.


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