>“For years we have gone to speech therapy to change the way we speak to make it more comfortable for others. Can't speak for everyone, but that was never my motivation for going to speech therapy or improving my fluency. I went to speech therapy because speaking was painful, exhausting, unproductive, and (I felt, at the time) limited my ability to express myself. >Do we have some obligation to make listening to us easier for the “fluent world?” Hell nah. Put yourself first. We're at an expressive disadvantage in any verbal interaction. It takes us a ton of energy and focus and courage to speak. It costs fluent speakers nothing but a little time and patience to listen to us. Well, we're giving them our time and patience by even deciding to speak. The least they can do is return that. Although I wouldn't consider that an obligation, either. No one (except paid service providers) are obligated to listen to me. If they don't want to listen, then I'd rather save my energy for someone who will.