I'm a speech therapist, person who stutters, and specialist in stuttering. Here's my take on Joe Biden's stuttering.
The weird looks, the uncomfortable silence. Confusion radiates from their eyes. They don’t know what’s going on, and neither did I, until I was 20 years old. I didn’t know what stuttering was. I assumed it was prolongations (aaaaaaple) or repetitions (b b ball). I had no idea that when my words were stuck in my throat and I changed a word to one that was easier to say, that was stuttering. I was often perceived as shy, stuck-up, or dumb. ICYMI: Joe Biden’s stutter in the news Stuttering has been making headlines, as articles, tweets, and narratives about Joe Biden’s speech circulate on social media and into my inbox. Biden is interviewed by John Hendrickson, a person who stutters, in the Atlantic. Biden reports he used to stutter, but that he “hasn’t stuttered in so long” Sarah Huckabee Sanders mocks Joe Biden for stuttering. Biden tweeted in response, “I’ve worked my whole life to overcome a stutter. And it’s my great honor to mentor kids who have experienced the same. It’s calle