I'm 26 and I've been stuttering since I was 4yrs old. I've come to a point in my life where I just have to accept and live with it and move on. All of us stutterers are gonna have to come to that road where we have to accept it. I avoided going down that road for a long time but in the end is avoiding actually worth it? No it isn't plus the mental gymnastics of having to constantly change what I want to say is really annoying and mentally drains me making my stutter worse. Would a cure be nice for stuttering? Absolutely but not in our lifetime it looks like. Stop waiting for a magical 'cure' and strive to make changes now and face your fears. Sure its gonna suck and feel uncomfortable and demoralizing when ppl laugh and mock you, im sure we've all been there but that should be fuel for wanting to work with our speech and improve it. Change always come from within ourselves and we have to take the first step. I started college this week and I already disclosed in front of all my classes that I'm a person who stutters and felt great just getting it out there. In one of my classes i volunteered to go first. If you told me 10yrs ago I'd be doing this id tell you you're crazy but im doing the thing. But like with everything else there are always areas to improve upon, in my case its saying my own name and introducing myself. So don't let your speech discourage you from talking. Always remember that theres someone out there waiting to hear your voice in all its glory, stutter or not. Keep talking and remember to love who you are 😁✌