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When communication differences affect professional opportunities

My speech impediment gets worse when I am nervous and job interviews are torture because I can see the exact moment they decide I am not capable based on how I sound.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The conflation of communication style with intelligence creates systemic barriers that have nothing to do with actual capability.

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