I was one of the posters in the original thread, but didn't respond bc I was traveling. I'll just do it here... I feel that having a communication difference makes me more sympathetic to those who I serve. I have students with a wide array of disabilities, including 3 fluency kids. I went to speech therapy as a kid myself and don't feel like I benefitted from it- because I was not ready to face it. While my stutter is mild-moderate depending on the situation, I have found that I am nearly 100% fluent when working with younger kids (the bulk of my caseload). I still block and repeat a lot during parent and IEP meetings but such is life, right? I am just really happy that I found a position where I can have fluent speech for a good deal of the time. I feel like I can relate better to my fluency kids and work more from a counseling and coping perspective while giving them some strategies that have helped me become more fluent.