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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.
The Curious Life of Lewis Carroll

Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Class
Stuttering Awareness is Important Around the World

We asked individuals who stutter and SLPs across the globe to help us bring awareness to stuttering. Watch this wonderful video.
Salute to Pediatric Nurses

October 5-9 is Pediatric Nurses Week. Within the stuttering community, parents’ fear that a child is beginning to stutter is well known — and very real.
ID Cards Help During Pandemic

Fox 44 Shares Resources with Texas Viewers
Masks Can Be An Obstacle

Pittsburgh CBS station offers help to those who stutter
Masks pose added challenges for those who stutter

Texas CBS station KLBK discusses Stuttering Foundation resources
Don’t Leave Home Without It

Have you ever been stopped for speeding or had trouble when questioned coming through airport security? If you have, whether you stutter or not, you know how tough these two situations can be.
Popular Ad Available as Poster

The Stuttering Foundation's popular public service ad — which runs in national publications — is available as a poster. This is the perfect way to help spread the word about stuttering.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

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.

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.

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

“Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself,” observed Stossel. “The idea that I’m on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes.”

Famous People Who Stutter