• Don't Let Stuttering Keep You Out of Med School

    Soon after my 40th birthday, I realized for the first time in my life that I was no longer preoccupied with how I was going to speak my next words.  My mind had always been working overtime, searching for alternatives to avoid a struggle.  No longer preoccupied with my speech, I was forced to confront the question of Who am I?

  • Queen Honors Board Member

    Board member Frances Cook was awarded an MBE* in the Queen’s Birthday Honours on the 9th of November in London for her outstanding work with children who stammer.  

  • Unchained Melody

    The name Gareth Gates may not be recognized by some Americans, but he is one of the biggest pop stars in recent UK history. A singer-songwriter, Gates has branched off into musical theatre and film. Gareth Gates was born on July 12, 1984 in Bradford, England, one of four children of Paul and Wendy Gates; Paul Gates stuttered until age 21 when it miraculously disappeared.

  • 25 Things I Wish I Had Known About Stuttering When I was 20

    Laurent Lagarde, who translated the books Advice to Those Who Stutter and  Sometimes I Just Stutter into French, now shares “25 things I wish I had known about stuttering when I was 20 years old.” 
    He wrote them for his French blog and has now translated them into English.

  • Some Words From Our Blogger Voon Pang

    Hello everyone, my name is Voon Pang and I have been blogging for the Stuttering Foundation since August of this year. I am a Speech Language Pathologist working for the Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust in Auckland, New Zealand.

  • Czech Republic Celebrates International Stuttering Awareness Day

    The ancient Moravian city of Brno in the Czech Republic was the setting for an exciting workshop focusing on stuttering in the days leading up to International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD). The 10th annual conference of the Speech Therapists Association of the Czech Republic was held Friday, Oct. 19, 2012.

  • Fundraiser Runs at Full Steam to Make Record Gift to Foundation

    Kirk and John Tarver and their Memphis-based Shelby Railroad Services Inc. raised an astonishing $11,000+ for the Memphis-based Stuttering Foundation. Shelby Railroad held their annual fund-raising golf outing and dinner on Oct. 4 at Wedgewood Golf Club, in Olive Branch, Miss.

  • Spanish Resources Expand

    Stuttering Foundation resources continue to help people around the world. Recently, a few more books have been translated into other languages. Daniela Jaramillo translated Treating the School-Age Child Who Stutters: A Guide for Clinicians into Spanish. “It was great to see the translation. I sent another email to the translator with your thanks for her work. She is very pleased to collaborate with the noble work of the Foundation,” wrote Dr. César Burneo, who was Daniela’s professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 

  • Brain Development in Stuttering

    I recently spent 2 years studying brain development, motor learning, computational neuroscience and stuttering in Boston, Massachusetts. I am Canadian, and I also happen to be an intense hockey fan, and the team that I cheer for is the Boston Bruins. The Bruins take as their logo a large ‘B’ at the center of a circle with spokes radiating out from it.

  • 5,000 Likes On Facebook

    We now have more than 5,000 likes on Facebook! Kristen Pinkston, a graduate speech-language pathology student from Texas, was the 5,000th person to follow us on Facebook.

    To celebrate, we are sending her our complete set of books. To stay up to date on the latest news, resources, and information about stuttering, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest.  

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