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I don't think this is necessary productive. As an autistic person, there's a big debate about it "autistic person" or "person with autism" (person first) labels are better. Usually, people who are autistic themselves don't like person first language, and I tend to agree. I think the same logic follows here. By using "person who stutters", that separates us from our stutter. It implies that our stutter can be removed from what we are, and that's just not possible. Even if we happen to become fluent someday (and let's be real, that's unlikely for most people on this sub as we're mostly adults), a lot of your life and personality will be defined by your experiences as a person who has dealt with a stutter for their whole life. It's part of our identity, even if it's not ALL we are. Here are some analogies that apply to me and might make more sense to someone who doesn't have autism. I like men and women. People would call me bisexual or a bisexual person, they wouldn't say I'm a "person that's bisexual". I am an engineer, not a "person that engineers". I am 6'5", so I'm a tall person, not a "person that's tall". All of these are characteristics that have shaped who I am, either inherent or by choice, but we don't use person first language for any of them; why should we do that with our stutter? Of course, this is a personal choice. if YOU want to be identified as a "person who stutters" that's fine, but that's not the question here; you're telling other people who already identified themselves as a stutterer what they should identify as. Sorry for the paragraph, this might be worth making into a whole post so we could see more opinions.