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Memphis, Tenn. (May 28, 2024) — The Stuttering Foundation mourns the passing of college basketball and NBA legend, broadcaster, and stuttering advocate Bill Walton.

Featured nearly 30 years ago in The Stuttering Foundation newsletter, Walton spoke about his stuttering through childhood, college, and even in his professional career. Following is excerpted from that article:

Memphis, Tenn. (May 13, 2024) — For more than 75 years, the Stuttering Foundation, the first and the largest nonprofit charitable organization in the world working toward the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering, has provided free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.

John Stossel and Emily Blunt discuss their stuttering struggles and strategies.

Charles Van Riper was renowned in the field of speech pathology. His wife, Catherine Jane “Katy” “C.J.” Hull Van Riper, was a pioneer in her own right.

With profound sadness, we share news of the passing of David Seidler.

To continue our celebration of The Stuttering Foundation’s 75^th Anniversary, we offer our list of 75 critical resources.

Hollywood's original method actor had an amazing and short career as a star. He had many impressive movie roles but his untimely death from a heart attack in 1952 at age 39 meant that his highly successful career was abruptly stopped in its tracks.

For decades, The Stuttering Foundation has made its books and videos available for free to public libraries across the country.

Stuttering has been shown to have features that intersect with language, and both adults and children who stutter appear to process language differently than fluent peers.