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When you meet someone for the first time, do you tell them you stutter? 253 Votes
Justin: I don't tell them, my stutter tells them for me.
Lyn: There is no reason to. They will figure it out. It just isn't that important. It's like telling someone in advance I've got green eyes. They'll notice soon enough or they won't. Either way I've still got everything I came with.
Amanda: I feel like it can make me look nervous or unprepared professionally, so i will say something if it's being really persistent.
Christopher: No because if they’re a worthwhile person to get to know, I want to see how they first react to my stutter.
Jennifer: I do tell people because it takes the pressure off me and makes things less awkward when I do stutter. They know what is happening instead of wondering what is wrong with me. Being vulnerable like that almost always helps. I can only think of one time self disclosing was uncomfortable (but he was a jerk anyways, so it didn’t matter what I said).
Matthew: No, it doesn't define me.
Madeline: I tell people if I am having a particularly difficult time (for example, saying my own name). People don't usually recognize it for what it is.
Candace: As a teacher, on the first day of class, I always request that my students “not laugh too much when it happens”
Rashid: If it's pretty bad and it's the only way they'll understand. Not usually though. It feels like I'm just making an excuse.
Lovdeep: I tell them during job interviews.
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At Idaho State University, Dan Hudock, associate professor of Speech Language Pathology partnered with the ISU Department of Theatre to teach students the mechanisms and emotions behind a stutter for their upcoming production of “Three Days of Rain.”
Pamela: Why weren’t people who actually stutter cast in the production, instead of teaching fluent people how to stutter?
Travis: Teaching people to stutter, that's a new one. I bet that was interesting. I wonder if people who stutter wanted to be in the show.
Dan Hudock: Pamela, the play is being put on by the ISU Theatre Department and I’m not sure if there are currently students who stutter majoring in that here. I’m sure if there are they had the opportunity to audition just like everyone else, but why would stuttering be a requisite to play this part. I commend them for reaching out to me in hopes of better understanding our experience as PWS and wanting to give a more authentic portrayal. It’s been a great experience spending several hours with them talking about the experiences and nuanced details of stuttering.
Gail: My stuttering held me back from going into theater.
Dan Hudock: Gail, I'm sorry to hear it held you back, it’s not too late to do some acting!
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