Stuttering Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Stuttering pride === {{Main|Stuttering pride}} [[File:Stuttering Pride Flag.png|thumb|264x264px|The Stuttering Pride flag symbolises the waves of stuttering pride rippling through the community.]] [[Stuttering pride]] (or stuttering advocacy) is a [[social movement]] repositioning stuttering as a valuable and respectable way of speaking. The movement seeks to counter the societal narratives in which temporal and societal expectations dictate how communication takes place.<ref name="worldcat.org">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1121135480 |title=Stammering pride and prejudice : difference not defect |date=2019 |others=Patrick Campbell, Christopher Constantino, Sam Simpson |isbn=978-1-907826-36-8 |location=[Albury] |oclc=1121135480}}</ref> In this sense, the stuttering pride movement challenges the pervasive societal narrative of stuttering as a defect and instead positions stuttering as a valuable and respectable way of speaking in its own right. The movement encourages stutterers to take pride in their unique speech patterns and in what stuttering can tell us about the world. It also advocates for societal adjustments to allow stutterers equal access to education and employment opportunities, and addresses how this may impact [[stuttering therapy]].<ref name="worldcat.org"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page