Employment Issues

• Examples of jobs done by people who stammer from the British Stammering Association.
• Career Profiles: We Stutter At Work free videos developed by the National Stuttering Association
• Help with finding employment
  • Your Voyage to Career Success NSA document
  • Stuttering and work: I can do more than stutter. . . ., a translation of a Dutch leaflet of the NFS (Dutch Stuttering Association) by Y. van Zaalen and M. Spruit.
  • Stuttering Should Not Hinder Workplace Success from the Stuttering Foundation of America
  • Brochure: Answers for Employers in html from the Stuttering Foundation of America
  • Employment-related links from the British Stammering Association.
  • The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is...The Perfect Job: Tips for Getting (and Keeping) a Job by Beth Bienvenu
  • We Stutter At Work - live scheduled and archived free webinars from the National Stuttering Association
  • Free online Mock Job Interviews via SKYPE from the National Stuttering Association
  • Free video and information for employers from the National Stuttering Association
• Stuttering and DiscriminationFor questions of discrimination because of a disability (or any kind of discrimination for that matter), it is always a good idea to start locally. Keep good records of everything you that happens to you and everything you do. The first three suggestions below should be able to advise you without any cost, and may be able to negotiate an adequate and amiciable solution.
• Your employer's human resources office may have a designated officer to deal with discrimination issues.
  • 1. Your community or state may have a Human Rights Commissiontype in "human rights commission" +the name of your state or citye.g. "human rights commission" +Minnesota
       or "human rights commission" +New Ulminto Google or check your phone directory.
    2. The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) is a federal agency to deal with problems of employment discrimination. Their website provides good information and a list of field offices.
  • The National Stuttering Association has lawyers who may be able to advise you. There are also probably lawyers near you that specialize in discrimination cases. They are probably listed in your local telephone directory.
• Online resources related to discrimination and employment in the U.S. and internationally
  • Stuttering and the Law by William Parry
  • Stuttering As A Disability Under The Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 by William D. Parry.
  • Stuttering And Employment Discrimination by William D. Parry, a paper written for the International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference, Oct. 1-22, 1999
  • Stuttering, Employment and the ADA - by Thomas David Kehoe
  • Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center links to a lot of information on the ADA
  • Stammering and the UK disability law - deals with information for businesses and other organisations regarding people who stammer, both as employees and customers. Created by Allan Tyrer, this site is primarily related to the UK, but has much information of value for people who stutter and their employers anywhere in the world.
  • Disability Discrimination Links by Allan Tyrer includes links on disability discrimination law in the UK and internationally.
  • Stuttering and Communication - What is Going Wrong by Hermann Christmann, Denmark. A paper presented for the International Stuttering Awareness Day conference, October 1998.
  • Discrimination: Stuttering and Labour Market a paper by Hermann Christmann for the World Congress of Fluency Disorders in Denmark 2000
  • Stuttering and Disability Discrimination by Michael Sugarman