阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I used to stutter (口吃) quite badly. I felt very 1  , like I was less of a human being.

I didn't have any 2 when I left special school. So I got a job as a trainee hotel porter. I enjoyed it because I was meeting new people and earning my own 3 . I felt like a proper adult. But the other men 4 me mentally because of my disability. They'd imitate (模仿) me 5 because of my speech impediment (障碍). I got very down. I was 6 inside.

The stepping stone to self-belief for me was 7 I got help from KeyRing—an organization which helps disabled people to live 8 . I couldn't write very well, but I could 9 that. Apps on computers meant I could dictate (口授) my emails. I got the government 10 for disabled people in work. It paid for me to help with paperwork two mornings a week.

11  I heard about a job going at the human rights charity CHANGE. I got an 12  that got me the job of international project consultant. I travel all over the world to 13  professionals to work better with people with learning disabilities. This builds my 14  . I lost my stutter in the end.

My learning disability was a bit of me, but it doesn't 15 me. It's just a label people put on me. It hasn't stopped me having a life.