Disability in communication
There are many types of disablity. Would people class stuttering
as a disability?
I think most people would probably say no, however I disagree.
People who stutter have to struggle their way through life at
times. I am somebody who had a stutter for eighteen years. I am
going to now explain one of the situations that I found
difficult and how my mind or what I would call my demons would
be saying to me.
This is when trying to meet and approach people of the opposite
sex. Lets say I am in a bar and I see a woman/girl who catches
my eye. I think to myself, who don't you go and talk to her and
make a move etc? My demons are always talking to me, and are
basically saying "She won't want to know you.
You have a stutter and when you start talking she will hear it.
Do you really think she will want to date somebody who has a
stutter? Even if she is interested, you then have to possibly
meet her friends and family.
How will they find you and treat you, when they realise you have
a stutter?" These demons would make me think twice and more
often than not I would not even bother going over and talking to
the person. I would therefore let the demons win.
This is one example of thousands where the stutter handicaps
your ability to live a normal life. This is why I believe
stuttering is a disability. Stephen Hill