Jeff Probst Just Gave A Masterclass On How To Engage With Someone With A Disability, And Everyone Everywhere Should Be Taking Notes
As a huge fan of Survivor, I had tears in my eyes this season when host Jeff Probst spoke with a contestant about his disability during a challenge on a recent episode. CBS shared the video on TikTok, and the interaction has since gone viral.
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The clip begins with Mitch, a member of the Civa tribe and P.E. coach from Waco, Texas, explaining how the last few days had been for his tribe: "...a really good — a really good couple of days because of it."
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Mitch is a person who stutters, and he struggled a bit as he needed extra time to finish the rest of his sentence.
"Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by repetition of sounds, syllables, or words; prolongation of sounds; and interruptions in speech known as blocks. An individual who stutters exactly knows what he or she would like to say but has trouble producing a normal flow of speech," according to the National Institute of Health.
Jeff then paused the conversation. "Mitch," he asked, "I have a question. When you're struggling, do you want help from someone?"
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"Or is part of it is to let you finish when you're ready to finish?"
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Mitch replied, "The hope is that everyone would just kind of hang in there for me."
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"And just give me the opportunity to finish my sentence."
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Mitch then continued, "But I'm so thankful you asked that."
"Because honestly, like, people just naturally want to help others."
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"And sometimes we don't feel comfortable enough, like, asking that. So thank you for that."
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"Thank you for teaching us how to do it," Jeff said.
Commenters who stutter celebrated the conversation. "As a person who stutters, I feel so seen ❤️," one said.
"As a person with a stutter, I love that this is said on a popular program like survivor," said another. "So much of our support comes from people giving us the opportunity and comfortability to speak freely."
Another said, "I had a horrible stutter as a child and I would feel so defeated when people would finish my sentences for me. ... What a lovely way for this to be addressed!"
Even speech pathologists and therapists weighed in on the interaction: "I am a speech pathologist and I absolutely love that Jeff asked the question 🩷 so respectful."
Another said, "as a speech therapist, I love this so much. we teach kids a lot how to accept their stutter rather than 'fix it' and how to advocate for themselves so this is beautiful."
Others found the conversation informative and said it would influence the way they interact with people who stutter. "I admire Jeff for asking this! I admittedly will be one to 'help' so this is a great reminder for me to pause and give space."
"I'm crying even during this replay... what an amazing Survivor moment. It also gave me some insight on how to offer people a chance to finish instead of trying to help," said another.
And finally, commenters praised Jeff for his ability to have respectful conversations with contestants. "One thing jeff is gonna do is be a human transparently and respectfully 💜," said one commenter.
If you are a person with a disability, how do you feel about this interaction? And how do you want others to support you? Let us know in the comments.
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