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Stuttering Doesn T Hold Me Back

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Stuttering is a universal situation. There is a capacious amount of people in the world who stutter like: Tiger Woods, Joseph Crismon, Emily Blunt, V.P. Joe Biden, and even King George VI according to “Stuttering Doesn’t Hold Me Back”. People who stutter are no different than you or me they talk to friends, play games, and Exc. People don’t understand what stuttering is, why it’s difficult to cure, and what people should do to support a person who stutters. People shouldn’t shame stutterers like call them atrocious names, dumb or slow we should build them up. People who stutter have a problem finishing sentences and words. This causes negative attitudes towards stutterers like bullying, name calling and neglect. Scientists have a difficult

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