The D word: What people who stutter can learn from the disability community

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Self-Advocacy and Stuttering

From: Rebekah N
Date: 07 Oct 2012
Time: 13:42:37 -0500
Remote Name: 24.241.7.239

Comments

Thank you both for your insightful and interesting article! I know many others have already mentioned this, but I also really enjoyed the interview-type format. While I understand that many people who stutter may not want to identify their stuttering as a disability, increasing awareness of stuttering as something that should require accommodations if requested is important. Unfortunately, stuttering and people who stutter are often misunderstood. I don't believe that it is right for someone who stutters to be limited or slighted (such as receiving a lower grade or not receiving a promotion) because of their stuttering. Opportunities for someone who stutters should be the same as someone who doesn't stutter. This might require doing some things slightly differently than the next person. Self-advocacy is a skill that people with other disabilities learn and utilize that I think can be learned from the disability community. Have you seen self-advocacy becoming more prominent among people who stutter, whether or not they identify their stuttering as a disability? Thanks, Rebekah


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