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Challenge & Change

A Look Back at the 12th Annual Oxford Dysfluency Conference
Our Latest Magazine Now Online

52 pages of news, research, columns, articles on famous people, letters and drawings from kids, and much more!
Drawings and Letters Fly In

Check out what landed in our mailbox from kids around the world.
Jane Fraser Doesn't Miss a Beat

Stuttering Foundation President Interviewed for The Morning Beat.
Stuttering Foundation Co-sponsors Oxford Dysfluency Conference

The Oxford Dysfluency Conference is one of the leading international scientific conferences in the field of stuttering.
Fall Magazine

Our latest magazine is 52 pages of the latest news, feature articles, letters and drawings from kids, and much more!
Remembering Jonathan Miller

He distinguished himself both as a medical doctor and an actor
Stuttering Foundation Remembers Annie Glenn

Annie Glenn was a longtime spokesperson of The Stuttering Foundation in addition to a stalwart supporter over the years.
Letting Failure Pave the Way to Success

The inspirational and success-filled life of Ty Ellis
Q&A with Vince Vawter

Paperboy was our Stuttering Foundation Summer Book Club pick for 2020. Author Vince Vawter graciously joined Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, for a Live Q&A in August.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Bill Walton

From BillWalton.com

Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

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.

Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., who passed away in 2018, was an explorer, wildlife conservationist, and author. He established the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar, which is about the size of the state of Vermont.

His love for animals began when he was very young.

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