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Find informative articles, the latest research in stuttering, interesting facts about famous people, letters and drawings from kids, and so much more in our latest edition.
New Resource Guide

Our 2022 Catalog has all of our latest resources.
Express Yourself or Go by Freight

Perhaps you too are searching for some way out of a morass of jumbled box cars and the maze of tracks that seem to lead only to empty, deadened spurs.
What You Can Do to Help Yourself

Don’t overwhelm yourself. Tomorrow is another day.
"It felt as though I had an angry tiger by the tail and dared not let go."

I deeply wish that I could reach every stutterer in the world to tell the story I am about to tell here.
Tool to Use with Clients Reading "Paperboy"

Chapter-by-chapter “Book Club Clinical Tool” explores every facet of the messages in the book Paperboy.
Baseball Player Speaks Freely About Stuttering

"Go out there and own it," says Dylan Rosa of the Erie SeaWolves
John Lee Hooker’s Stuttering Highlighted in New Documentary

John Lee Hooker's stutter caught fellow Blues music legend Buddy Guy by surprise, according to a new documentary.
Emily Blunt Stars in New Disney Movie 'Jungle Cruise'

One of the stuttering community’s biggest supporters and herself a person who stutters, Emily Blunt, returns to the big screen with the release of Jungle Cruise.
International Conference on Stuttering

The 2021 International Conference on Stuttering will be held Oct. 14-16 in Gubbio, Italy.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis, born Lonnie Melvin Tillis, was an influential figure in country music, both as a songwriter and a performer. His journey to fame was marked by overcoming personal challenges, including a stutter that he turned into a defining part of his public persona.

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

Famous People Who Stutter