Articles

Embracing My Voice: A Journey Toward Self-Acceptance

Navigating the world with a non-visible disability can be incredibly challenging. These disabilities, though unseen, can impact life just as significantly as visible ones.

Misha GoharArticle

Workplace Accommodations

In this Article, I examine workplace accommodations. If you read my other Articles, you will note that I have touched upon the general theme of accommodations and the duty to accommodate.

Mathew YaworskiArticle

When My Stuttering went from Way Out of Control to almost Nil

The One & Only Record from 1971

I have virtually no contemporaneous notes written at the time about how I got better, except one I located decades ago.  For decades, I had no intention of ever going public with the details of my stuttering as I felt too ashamed.

Don McLeanArticle

Who is the Employer?

Stuttering in the Workplace: To Whom does Human Rights Legislation Apply?

In this Article, we are addressing the issue of the scope of applicability of human rights legislation in the workplace arising out of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in  BC

Mathew YaworskiArticle

Stuttering & the Duty to Accommodate

Duty to Accommodate, Reasonable Accommodation, Undue Hardship and Bona Fide Occupational Requirements

Mathew YaworskiArticle

Stuttering: Disability and Discrimination

In this Article, I examine considerations around stuttering as a disability and discrimination. 

Is stuttering a disability? 

Good question. I take the position that it is.  

Mathew YaworskiArticle

Should I disclose my stutter when applying for jobs?

This is a controversial question, there is no right or wrong answer. It is a matter of personal preference and risk tolerance. Personally, I have always disclosed my stutter on job applications.

Mathew YaworskiArticle