Good day. I am 24. Well, I've stuttered since I was 3 years old. My stutter now is mild, but I have a video of myself stuttering as a 3 year old and it was way worse back then. The reasoning behind my stutter is most likely a head injury I got at that time. After a bike accident (without a helmet) I fell down a hillside and smashed my head against several rocks before smashing the back of my head towards a brick building. I recieved a concussion and a skull fracture. But now I am side-tracking a bit. My parents put me into speech therapy in 5th grade, and I went there once every week for about 5 years. It didn't really help that much in my opinion. However, it helped it me 'accept' it more. I didn't really have anyone to speak to about my stutter, so it was nice to have somone to talk to about the issue. I really think having someone to talk to about your stutter really matters. If it's a speech therapist, a parent or a fellow stutterer. It's not good for anyone to have negative thoughts about yourself or to have an issue and not being able to talk about with anyone. Which leads me onto the people I've been surrounded by throughout my life. I've been lucky enough to not have been heavily bullied because of my stutter. I put *'heavily bullied'* because there was someone who liked to make fun of me. Someone who I actually looked upon as a friend. He's no longer my friend and I haven't seen him in years. But my point is that I believe the people around me helped me accept my stutter more. They didn't say anything towards it and my parents and family have always been very supportive. So, I can't thank them enough. There have been times where I have struggled though. At school I have always been very quiet and reserved. I have never enjoyed talking in big groups and especially not standing in front of everyone and have everyone listening to what I am saying. Therefore, holding a presentation in front of the class was always a pain to endure. Thankfully, when I went to college. I had a English and History teacher who couldn't have been nicer. She noticed one day that I struggled with stuttering. She approached me and politely asked me if I would like to hold presentations in front of the class or just for her. I did the latter and I believed it helped me a lot in school. Therefore I think it's important that the school knows about it. Atleast the teacher. Because it's difficult enough to stand there and be afraid to be embarrased in front of class. My final point as to why I have learned to accept it is that I have worked on charachter strenght for a long time. Ever since I was in my middle/late teens I have worked on myself. Remember I said I was a quiet and reserved kid? Well, I still am to some degree, but I am now more comfortable talking to strangers and not afraid of letting my opinons be known. Stay strong out there. We're in this together. All the best.