> I don't know what my 18 yo is going through but it is has changed his quality of life. You aren’t alone. Being 18 yo is tough, stutter or not. When it gets worse (I'm guessing that is the case in his case) it makes you want to shut down and shut out the world like you're a completely and utter failure in every sense of the world. > He didn't go to school for several weeks after he felt embarrassed in school when forced by his teacher to speak in class. And this is after he told the teacher and asked if he could do his presentation alone with her. The embarrassment that stutterers often feel is very real and intense for lack of better language to describe it succinctly. But you can do a lot for him, by being there and listen to when he is ready to accept his stutter. >The counselor said that his speech disfluency was mild and that he had so many things going for him like good looks, etc. The shame he is feeling about his stutter is very real even if others deem it mild. > Now he is finishing his senior year at alternative school where you are taught at your pace using a computer and don't have to interact with other students. There is some thought that self-paced learning can helped school age kids tremendously, as they can focus on their struggles, at their own pace, and excel at what they can. > But this is all he can think about. I have suggested a speech therapist but his mom said that she brought her 25 yo son to several and that they didn't help at all. I really can’t speak of your 18 yo but sometimes stutters stutter in their own head which is its own additional problem. He might have not brought it up and it intensifies (IMO) the problem. More practically it is all he thinks about because society puts a huge focus on being completely fluent and is intolerant of any deviations. Speech therapists (speech language pathologists) often don’t focus on stuttering and this lack of focus often makes it very difficult for them to adequately help their patients.