Caitlyn Cohen

I never expect that from people just because we live in a very impatient world and I’ve gotten used to it. She gave me therapist vibes, so maybe that’s why she was an amazing human but I just wanted to share that🩷 ##caitlyncohen##stutter##disabilityawareness##retail

When I was growing up, I was in denial about my stutter. Even though I knew that I had it, it made me feel so insecure that I would get defensive and change the subject when people tried to talk about it. I remember that when I was younger if a family member mentioned it, I would even throw a tantrum because I found it so difficult to acknowledge. Being bullied in middle school didn't help, and I always felt like my stutter was the reason why I didn't have many friends. However, when the Covid pandemic hit, I decided to post a video on social media about my experience with stuttering. Honestly, I only did it because I was bored, but it ended up getting a lot of attention. I was amazed by how many other people could relate to me and how many people I was able to help by sharing my story. That's what inspired me to keep posting more videos. Over the last couple of years, I've become a lot more confident in myself. I've learned to accept that my stutter is a part of me, but it doesn't define me. I don't care anymore what other people think or say about it. I'm me, and that's all that matters. @stutterology @martha_speech Thank you to @Marc Winski for challenging me!! I challenge allies @Meghan Trainor @AndyGrammer & @anna x to make a video saying this or allies can say, "If you stutter, l'm listening" #normalizestuttering #normalizestutteringchallange #stutter #caitlyncohen

I can’t tell you the amount of times that I’ve been hung up on. Sometimes it’s so bad that it takes me 30 seconds to get out one word and the person on the other end thinks that I’m not there anymore so they just hang up. And if I’m alone, and I have no one to make a phone call for me, I can’t make that appointment. And believe me, I tried to make the appointment but I said I get hung up on all the time. People always tell me it just starts the conversation by saying “I have a stutter so please be patient” but saying those words can take me long too, and the process of me saying that I get hung up on. I’m making this video because I was trying to coordinate a collaboration for social media and the person wouldn’t talk to me unless I spoke on the phone. And he blamed it on my generation. I understand that Genz hates talking on the phone but just because I’m Genz doesn’t mean that’s why. I have a stutter I post about it that’s my entire platform so if he would’ve done any research on me before potentially collaborating with me, which is what most brands do, he would’ve known that. I am just so frustrated. I know people who can talk normally think it’s annoying to have to be accessible as everybody around you but imagine how we feel it sucks!! if you have an email address on your website that means that you can be contacted via email and if you don’t like that then you shouldn’t have the email on your website… don’t be rude about it. #caitlyncohen