Assignment 2 Discrimination Against My Stutter

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Stuttering
Titles of the blog articles
The titles of the blogs that I read from the SAY website are:
Having faith in me!
I was Hurting inside
Discrimination Against My Stutter
Similarities in the writer's experiences
One similarity among the victims of stuttering whose blogs are listed above is that each one of them was either teased or bullied. Rivera-Monti, the writer of the first blog post narrates that she was bullied, laughed at, and even shunned at by family members. Matthew Hobbs, the writer of the second blog post, also states that he was teased during his time in middle school. Finally, the writer of the third article did narrate how she had a long day of harassment at the airport after he failed to pronounce Costa Rica. The other collective experience among the three individuals is that they both overcame their fears eventually. For instance, Rivera-Monti learned how to speak in public through the help of her teacher and finally got the opportunity to work as a front desk receptionist. Hobb, on the other hand, overcame his fears by ignoring what people said about his stuttering and began to be responsible for himself. The writer of blog post three has also proved that she confronted and overcame her fears courtesy of her peers at Camp SAY. Finally, the three individuals in their stories have stated that they were used to hiding emotions during their childhood period.
Differences in the writer's experiences
One of the differences that can be observed from the three articles listed above is that the decision towards their turning points in accepting oneself was reached discordantly. One of the stutters was helped by her ...