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I usually stutter badly around people I’m not familiar. While I have moments of disfluency which can be severe, I also have fluent speech once I’m comfortable around people. I typically stutter more when I’m happy or stressed out. Personally I don’t think I have a disability nor do I label my stuttering as a disability. It may make communicating harder at times, but I have never let my stuttering hold me back from doing what I wanted to pursue. I do not currently receive any sort of aid or assistance for my stuttering. However, back in high school I received speech therapy at my high school, I was put on a 504 plan at that time and so the state I lived in assisted me with part of my tuition and books every year until I graduated. They were also supposed to assist me with finding employment after college, but the person that was assigned to me ended up retiring and so that was the end of my assistance.