Part of it has to do with the general public not understanding that stuttering is in fact a disability just like down syndrome or cerebral palsy. I have been personally told that I "didn't" have to stutter. People see so few stutters or confuses everyone with stammers as the same as people with the disability of stuttering. There is no cure for us, yet they think there is or we haven't tried to "control" our stutter hard enough. There was (or still is) a time getting speech therapy as an adult was hard. At a time most insurances wouldn't pay for it. Most people don't know what life is like if you have a moderate to severe stuttering. They don't know the lives of people such as myself who have stuttered nearly all their life. I had to learn on my own that my struggle is lifelong. I cannot overcome this obstacle, I have to live with it. They think everyone can just overcome it because they hear stories about James Earl Jones and Winston Churchhil. "Oh they overcame their stutter and just look at them!" Yeah but most stutters lives don't turn out that way. This very [offensive American Idol clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wmaYVpUBaM) plus this girl's [experiences](https://youtu.be/2EUdPhzAPtM?si=nVsSrMSuo2eC-igy) is closer to what the average stutter experiences. They see our stuttering as a "personal flaw" rather than a neurological disorder. The public's view has to change and they don't seem to care.