I second this, I always try and contribute during lectures and honestly I strive to never let my stutter stop me from contributing. Sometimes when I get stuck on certain words, I’ll use a similar word but I’ve built up the habit of not letting the fear of stuttering hold me back. A lot of the time I’ve noticed people don’t really care that much about it, they’re infinitely more interested in the content of what I have to say rather than how I’m saying it. I think also it endears us to people as people tend to be intimidated by people who seem like everything about them is perfect. Don’t get me wrong in my first year of university I was nervous of contributing and slowly built up the ability but one time I had a severe stuttering block in a sentence. I was crying in my break but honestly I just said to myself so what I’m not going to let it define me or break my confidence, I have every right to contribute in class, just like everyone else. I think we also have this extra layer of grit and determination to our character because of our experience with stuttering. I would say don’t be a prisoner of fear, fear is mostly an illusion and the fear that people will judge you negatively is mostly not true. From my experience it’s endeared me to people who truly care about me. I heard this line once that it’s our imperfections that make people love us not our strengths.