I have faced many challenges and obstacles throughout my whole life due to my battle with stuttering. Stuttering is a speech disorder that affects my ability to fluently communicate with other people. It makes something that should be a very easy task, such as telling a waiter what you would like to order at a restaurant, very difficult for people like me. Throughout my childhood and early teen years, I let my speech disorder control me. I would never raise my hand or ask for help during class. I remained quiet when I had a million things I wanted to say, all due to self-judgment and the fear that I would speak dysfluently and embarrass myself. I can recall a particular situation from the seventh grade where I felt a great deal of embarrassment