Hello! My name is Marla Ready, and I am in my 2nd year of graduate school in speech-language pathology at Stephen F. Austin State University. Currently, I do not have any experience working with a person who stutters yet; however, I have past coworkers who stutter, and I have seen the negative impact of people who are not understanding or kind when someone experiences a moment of stuttering. My question is, how do you overcome, or rather, cope with individuals who are negative/hurtful about your stutter? How do you offer appropriate support to the person who stutters while also giving them their own autonomy in defending themselves from people like that?