You know what…you are so brave to put this out here. I’m so proud of you for saying it out loud. The world needs to know. As a mom of a teenage daughter(PWS), I wish I could give you a hug and change the entire world for ya’ll. As the parent, we walk this road with you, the good…and all the horrible things too, because you are an extension of our hearts. But we will never be able to truly understand what ya’ll experience on a daily basis in life. And we hate it will every cell in our body we can’t change it, regardless of your age or our age. Please research and look into clinical trials around psychedelics and ketamine for depression and suicidal thoughts. They are having good results and it often reduces stuttering. Look into VRSM-virtual reality self modeling therapy for stuttering. Ms Melissa Bray, PhD, at university of Connecticut, did a study with great results. Reach out to her (she’s on the web) or me and I can get you her contact info. I’m just now researching Botox for stuttering. Not sure about it just yet, but it has provided some with short term stuttering reduction for specific types. I’m all for acceptance, and we try real hard with that….but I also believe in doing what’s best for you. And what’s best for us is trying every opportunity to reduce the stutter. We have plans for the summer to do exactly that. Remember you have the right to prevent hurt to your parents and furbaby, but you have the right to live a quality life just for yourself. I truly believe you are brave enough to dig deep enough (with help of course) find that. I think, I know, stuttering is kinda the forgotten disability. The medical studies are minimal, because the funding around stuttering is minimal. Especially around the quality of life PWS are experiencing. I think acceptance has benefits for some people and personalities, I feel it can also add to another level of failure and fake acceptance feelings for others. There is nothing wrong with fighting and stepping up to fight for more research and treatment. And that happens when we let people hear we want more, we need more, and we deserve more. And we can start with by telling the truth to our doctors, universities, stuttering foundations that there are major quality of life concerns and it’s time for more research and therapies. We need to let them know…acceptance is NOT giving up on getting what we all deserve…easier speech and quality of life. Reach out anytime you want to collaborate to figure out a plan to do that. I have a psychedelic researcher at a credible university that is interested in doing studies around stuttering. The more people that reach out to her, the more reason she has to make it happen. I’m really proud you took the first step, you need more. You are brave…and the stuttering world needs brave people like you!!!🫶🫶🫶