Stuttering Experience

     This experience was actually one that I struggled to want to do because I knew that I would feel really awkward. For this experience I called and ordered a pizza and then went to an ice cream shop to get ice cream. When I called to order the pizza the girl treated me completely normal. I was actually really impressed with her because I thought that I was hard to understand and she understood me completely and was very kind to me. Halfway through our call the connection was lost and I had to start all over but the same girl answered the phone and was still very kind to me as I ordered my pizza. Honestly for me what I learned from this experience is how weird it must feel to not be able to say the things that you want to say in a quick and concise manner. It was frustrating for me to have to stop and think about how to say things and to wonder if she will even understand me or if I will have to try again.
     At the ice cream place the lady was nice to me and answered my questions but she had a really uncomfortable expression on her face. I could tell that she just wanted to get through my order quickly and let me be on my way. It wasn't that she wasn't being kind it was just that she felt uncomfortable and I could tell that she felt that way. I'm sure that it is hard for people who have a stutter and that they may get this uncomfortable look often.
     Because of my experiences I have been on the lookout for people that fit these disabilities. My husband and I played kickball together this semester and one of the games managers had a stutter. Since I had done these experiences I had more sympathy for him and also wanted to treat him the same way as anyone else because that is how I wanted to be treated when I did the experience. People who stutter look just like regular people. What really is regular people anyways? All I know is that we are all children of God and that is what matters. This is what these experiences and this class help me to see and also come to know.
Here is a really cool video that my sister showed me. I think that it is really inspiring. It is true that things can happen that could cause us to have disabilities so we need to treat people the way that we want to be treated because it could happen to us someday.