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Interesting, I never heard of this. The father of an old friend I had was a severe stutter. Multiple elongated blocks in every sentence. I use to come over and
by southphillyman 9y ago
Interesting, I never heard of this. The father of an old friend I had was a severe stutter. Multiple elongated blocks in every sentence. I use to come over and witness his dad getting ready for one of his many manual labor type jobs and wondered what opportunities he missed out on due to his disability and whether or not he should be able to collect some kind of assistance for it.
- Overtonwindow 9y agoThe job market is horrible for people who stutter. This is primarily due to the speaking issues, but also just as significantly, is the tacit bias towards people who stutter. People who don't understand think it's a mental condition, or someone is speaking too fast, etc. They're repelled by this person with a speaking disability. Most people do not understand that 1) we have no idea what causes stuttering, 2) there's no cure for it, and 3) it's typically a lifelong condition. I met a lot of people who stutter who would take any job they can get. This one young man got a degree in IT, really smart guy, but it took him 51 interviews before he finally landed a job with the city's IT department.