• Early Intervention Still Best Option

    Concerned parents who want to help their children who stutter have a new resource to turn to. The Stuttering Foundation has released a new 16-minute video, 7 Tips for Talking with the Child Who Stutters, that offers practical strategies parents can use to support their young children’s communication skills and build their confidence.

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day

    October 22 was designated International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) in 1998, sixteen years ago. This day is intended to raise public awareness of stuttering, which affects one percent of

  • My Stutter and Bowling

    Hello my name is Timothy Deubner, T.J for short, and I am a pro-am bowler who stutters. I have stuttered all my life, and I know that I will continue to stutter.  It makes me, me. Knowing what may happen during the day at school, at work, or when I’m bowling in a tournament, such as being mocked or made fun of, has never held me back. It has just has made me stronger.

  • Preschool Data


    Over the last several years, the Stuttering Foundation has kept accurate data on the calls it has received from concerned parents of 15,374 preschool children who are reported to be stuttering. 
     

  • Stuttering Helped Start a Revolution

    Camille Desmoulins, a French journalist and politician who stuttered, helped to incite and inflame the angry crowds who attacked and tore down the Bastille on July 14, 1789. Historians consider the fall of Bastille the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

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  • Umang Inspires Young People

    Umang Desai is one of the young people featured in the DVD Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids. Since that DVD was filmed in 2004, Umang has not only inspired many young people, but has crossed many bridges himself to become an attorney.

  • Hundred Hole Hike Supports Stuttering

    I am 35 years old and have a wonderful wife and three beautiful children. I am a life long stutterer, although as an adult I've been able to cope with my symptoms and now many acquaintances aren't even aware of my stuttering.

  • Actors Who Stutter Provide Inspiration

    While many articles in Celebrity Corner have featured famous actors and other entertainers who have struggled with stuttering, there are many such actors who for whatever reason are not on the radar screen anymore. Such actors may not be known to the general public, but their personal stories of overcoming stuttering are just as inspiring.

  • Overcoming Obstacles

    I’d like to introduce myself to all the readers. My name is Milton Castro Saenz, I’m from Costa Rica and I’m 25 years old. I work for a U.S. company in my country and I’m currently studying Business Administration to get a degree next year in one of the best universities in Costa Rica. I’m proud of myself about what I’ve achieved so far; it has not been easy. 

  • Nursery Rhymes Can Play a Role

    In 2008, an interesting article on music and language learning was published in Cognition by Schön, Boyet, Moreno, Besson, Peretz and Kolinksky, in which they argued that “consistent mapping of linguistic and musical information would enhance facilitation of learning, with a longer-lasting effect in memory” (Cognition, 2008, vol. 106, pp.975-983). This reminds us of what teachers previously did in the classroom when they had the pupils learn songs. What did they know without having the neuroscientific proof of the benefit of music on language learning? They simply had experienced the positive result of music on language and learning in general. 

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