I mean, I don't usually bring it up because I'm a covert stutterer anyway but if the conversation comes up I do remind people that it is protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. By no means would I tell anyone to suck it up but I think there is enough anecdotal experience that I have to know that the more shame you feel about it the worse the impediment becomes. Ram Dass had an excellent passage in *Be Here Now* that I always remember,"do you carry it like a burden or do you dance through it?" Dance through it, my friend.