Yeah our society is really messed up when it comes to our crippling condition. Speech is so important, no other animal nearly has a way of communication more complicated and ours. To speak is to be human, and first introductions are how we build ourselves to be perceived by others. Society really down plays what we go through but the research supports what we do. Never let anyone diminish your stutter. If they were to suddenly develop one they would completely fold and wouldn’t be as strong as we have been. In many ways stuttering is worse than other conditions if they like to compare apples to oranges. Honestly being mute would save you from the humiliation and people wouldn’t be so apathetic. Oh how I wish I could pass on my stuttering to a week or two to those people who minimize it.