Take this example: there was a speech therapist and researcher who stuttered.. she stuttered at an intermediate to mild level. She stuttered as a child and even at age 17. but then some few years later, as an adult, she recovered from stuttering and went on to work full-time as a speech therapist for the following 40 years. she says she still stutters about once a year—like a lingering remnant of her past stutter although it's considered "recovered". Today, she’s an administrator and moderator in the biggest stuttering forum. Now, let's compare her to many other speech therapists. Many speech therapists advise against identifying as a “stutterer”, and instead encouraging people to see stuttering as just one part of who they are.. I'm sure you have heard of it as well. but as someone who has been considered “recovered” she believes that even this approach falls short. So. To her it’s better to not attach stuttering to the act of speaking at all. So. In other words, her idea of “acceptance” is basically different from the traditional acceptance because of her personal experience as she used to be a stutterer. There’s also a post on this subreddit from a doctor who used to stutter.. he also has his own unique, and also non-traditional perspective on why stuttering happens. Anyway. My takeaway is that people who reach a certain level of fluency in this subreddit, might assume that’s the best they can achieve -but why limit ourselves to just one perspective? Everyone has their own journey, beliefs, and experiences. So. the best we can do is stay open-minded and learn from one another as we work through our own stuttering journey!