I'm an "older" person who is late to the game. So, the stuttering community's new perspective on acceptance is something I'm still trying to learn. Please look around for more formal and flushed out opinions. However, I can give you my opinion. My take away is we stutterers have many secondary effects from stuttering such as shame, guilt, anxiety, low self-esteem, etc. These secondary effects are amplified as we attempt to hide our stutter, and we inevitably fail because that's the nature of stuttering. We tend to feel helpless and powerless fueling a death spiral of our self-image. But all you new kids, the existing community, and the helping professionals have found the secondary effects are reduced when we embrace our stutter. Those secondary effects are the insidious evils holding us back from happiness. We deserve to be happy. So embrace your stutter. There is no cure. No one can save you. This is where the acceptance comes into play. Look people in the eye as you stutter. Don't avoid words or sounds, go ahead and block on that hard consonant sound. This is why you see the phrase "Stutter Proudly!".