When someone pointed out Michael Turner's stutter as a teenager, it wouldn’t just ruin that single conversation. Sometimes, it would ruin his entire month. “It was my worst nightmare,” the filmmaker ...
People often hang up on Roy van der Aa. “I’m on the phone every day; I hate it,” the native Hollander said during a break at his art studio in Las Cruces. Yet, as publisher of The Ink, a monthly ...
The Stuttering Foundation's film, entitled “Help! My Child is Stuttering,” is available at In this 16 minute film, parents and speech-language experts talk about how to promote easier talking as they ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For many people, ringing in the New Year brings hope and joyful anticipation. But for those who struggle with stuttering, the old fears of speaking and being teased are the same. “I ...
As schools resume this fall, teachers may encounter students like Brayden Harrington, the 13-year-old Democratic National Convention speaker who shared the story of how Joe Biden, the party’s nominee ...
Former Vice President Joe Biden opened up about his lifelong struggle with stuttering on Wednesday, offering a rare lengthy and personal reflection on how it has affected him, even to this day. Biden ...
Today is Inauguration Day, which got us thinking about speech-making and speeches. President-elect Joe Biden has spoken publicly about his childhood experiences with stuttering and annotating his ...
The medical condition, “disfluent speech” or “dysfluent speech” is commonly referred to as “stuttering” in American English. In British English, the condition is called “stammering.” The terms ...