It's as true as you make it... If you're making your life decisions based on the fact that you have a stutter, you're crippling yourself. But certainly not disqualified from being a dentist or a physician. And based on a quick Google search, not necessarily disqualified from becoming a news anchor either. Especially considering you're probably still south of 30... I'm making that assumption because you're talking about choosing a career path. I did not achieve fluency until my mid-20s. https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/how-abc-news-byron-pitts-learned-to-manage-stuttering https://www.stutteringhelp.org/famous-people/john-stossel#:~:text=John%20Stossel%20is%20one%20of,stuttering%20itself%2C%E2%80%9D%20observed%20Stossel.