Check out http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20111016/US.Immigrant_s.Appeal.Stutterer/?cid=hero_media and decide for yourself whether its a disability for some of us or not ? Comments are welcome!
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2 thoughts on “Stuttering: A disability or Not ?”
Anonymous
(October 17, 2011 - 3:28 pm)''You take for granted how valuable the ability to speak is until you don't have it''
well said…
Sachin
(October 17, 2011 - 3:51 pm)Yes, this is a really sad case..
Even otherwise, disability is: not being able to do, at a given point, which others can.. even if temporarily. But just in the name of "Positive Thinking", should we deny, what is so clear and recurrent all our lives?
A little humility and lot of common practical sense- that is all it takes, to say- yes, it is a disability and society should do its bit, as much as I should do my bit about it…
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