We’re Well Read, Thanks to These Magazines

For decades the Stuttering Foundation has been fortunate to enjoy a warm relationship with publications across the United States and beyond who have faithfully donated advertising space at no charge to this nonprofit organization.

“Because of the magazines’ loyalty and commitment, we reach people from every corner of the earth. Readers request information for all ages to help themselves or a loved one,” said Joan Warner, outreach coordinator at the Foundation.

Some of the publications include AARP, Better Homes & Gardens, Country Living, Time, Redbook, Car and Driver, People en Espanol, Family Fun, Woman’s Day, Popular Mechanics, Colorado Parent, Memphis Parent, Family Circle, Oprah, Gold Clipper, Boston Senior, Good Housekeeping, Middle Tennessee Electrical Coop, Black Enterprise, The Tennessee Magazine, Electrical Apparatus, Rural Electric and more.

“One thing we are sure to do is thank these generous supporters for all they have done over the years and continue to do – and it seems to mean as much to them as their efforts mean to us,” said Jane Fraser, president of the Foundation.

Here are a few quotes from people requesting information: “I saw your ad and I would like information for myself and for my 17-year-old grandson. As I’ve gotten older, my stuttering doesn’t affect me so much, but my grandson is really struggling, especially in school.”

Another person writes, “I had no idea such a Foundation existed! I have a 6-year-old great-grandson who stutters pretty severely and came home crying today because he was teased in school.”

A person overseas writes, “I am from Ghaziabd, India, and I saw an ad and I would like some information for myself as I stutter.”

As the Stuttering Foundation forges ahead in its seventh decade of service, we appreciate our caring supporters in the publishing industry. Thank You!

From the 2014 Winter Newsletter

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Carly Simon

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

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt’s name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

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.