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This is a bone of contention between me and my therapist. The approach to therapy is very different here as compared to the West. My therapist likes to use the word cured and it gets thrown around a lot amongst other members. But, like you said, there is no cure for stuttering. As disappointing as it sounds, it is also liberating as it sets realistic expectations. There are only strategies that we can adopt to minimise our stutter and hopefully inculcate those strategies to the extent that it becomes a gut reaction. My stuttering therapy group is quite large, and I have come across 100s of people who stutter. Each one who claims to have been "cured" or to be "fluent", has some points where they inevitably stutter or get stuck. Like some may be absolutely fluent while talking, but give them a passage to read and they'll start stuttering. Which is again, absolutely okay. But I've argued that it sets the wrong expectations and standards for everyone else who isn't at their level.