Could a women who stammers make a success of herself withtin a law firm?
With the right help from speech therapists a stammer can be ‘modified’ so that it is less serious, it is not a fixed thing that cannot be worked on, and some people can even achieve high levels of fluency, Michael Palin and Jonathon Miller for example are both stammerers. If she isn’t already, I think her chances of success would be improved if she got some speech therapy if the stammer is serious and affecting her work, if it’s just a mild ‘dysfluency’ though she might just be too self conscious about it and imagining a prejudice that maybe isn’t there. There’s lots of information here on the website from the British Stammering Association about dealing with a stammer, and work-related issues: http://www.stammering.
