Meet Board Member Joe Fulcher

Joe Fulcher plays a valuable role in the smooth operations and financial excellence of the Stuttering Foundation. Since 1984 he has served in the roles of Vice President, and Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. He also serves on the annual Audit Committee.

His dedication to his work with SFA is an example to the entire board and staff.

7 Начина на који Можете Помоћи Детету Које Муца

1 Говорите са Bашим дететом без  журбе,  са честим паузама.  Чекајте неколико секунди после тога што Bаше дете заврши говор и пре него што Bи почнете да говорите.  Ваш сопствени  спор, опуштен начин говора ће бити далеко више ефикасан него било каква критика или савет, као на пример “успори”  или  “покушај опет спорије.” 

7 Načina na koji Možete Pomoći Detetu Koje Muca

sastavljeno od strane Beri Gitar, Doktor Filozofije

i Eduard Đ. Kantur, Doktor Filozofije

1 Govorite sa Vašim detetom bez  žurbe,  sa čestim pauzama.  Čekajte nekoliko sekundi posle toga što Vaše dete završi govor i pre nego što Vi počnete da govorite.  Vaš sopstveni   spor, opušten način govora će biti daleko više efikasan nego bilo kakva kritika ili savet, kao na primer “uspori”  ili  “pokušaj opet sporije.” 

6 Saveta Za Razgovor Sa Osobom Koja Muca

Mucanje može izgledati kao lak problem koji može da se reši sa nekim jednostavnim savetom,  ali za mnoge odrasle osobe  ono može biti hronični  životni problem.  Evo nekih načina na koji Vi,  kao slušalac,  možete pomoći.

1..  Nemojte izgovarati komentare kao:  “Uspori,”  “Udiši,”  ili  “Opusti se.”  Takve proste  poruke  mogu se doživeti  kao  ponižavajuće a ne kao korisne. 

6 Савета За Разговор Са Особом Која Муца

1..  Немојте изговарати коментаре као:  “Успори,”  “Удиши,”  или  “Опусти се.”  Такве просте  поруке  могу се доживети  као  понижавајуће а не као корисне.  

2..  Дај те особи до знања, по вашем начину понашања, да ви слушате то што он или она говори-  а не дајете пажњу на начин на који се изговарају речи.

3..  Одржите природан контакт са очима и чекајте стрпљиво и природно док особа заврши реченице.

NSSLHA Loves the SFA

The Stuttering Foundation is this year’s recipient of the student-led fundraising campaign organized each year by the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. See donations below. 

Tireless SFA Ambassador Woos Oprah

By Joan Warner

Like David Seidler said in his Oscar acceptance speech for The King’s Speech - “We have a voice. We have been heard”- Stuttering Foundation friend, patron, and unofficial Public Library Ambassador Leon ‘Jigger’ Sirois has been espousing that sentiment for years. Tirelessly working with his late-in-life found fluency on behalf of the Stuttering Foundation and all people who stutter, he too says we can be heard.

King's Speech Wins 13th Honor: The Stuttering Foundation Gives It 'A Hero's Welcome'

-From the Summer 2011 Newsletter

Comments from Across the Globe

Stuttering Foundation Makes Headlines Around the World

An Eloquently Golden Ride on the Red Carpet

"We have a voice. We have been heard."
David Seidler, while accepting his Oscar for The King's Speech

Screenwriter Seidler Triumphed Over His Own Stutter

A Third Generation view of the King

By Jean Gruss

Editor’s Note: Jean Gruss, the author of this article, is the grandson of Stuttering Foundation founder Malcolm Fraser and Mark Logue is the grandson of Lionel Logue.

For decades, Lionel Logue’s name was an obscure footnote in biographies of British King George VI.

But thanks to his grandson and a blockbuster movie, he’s quickly become the most famous speech therapist in history.

Stuttering Foundation Gets Starring Role on The King's Speech DVD

While the Oscar-winning movie The King’s Speech is universally treasured by the stuttering community, there is a hidden gem on the DVD and Blu-ray editions released in mid-April.

The King's Speech

Reviewed by John M. Williams

I was very slow to see the movie The King’s Speech. I had wanted to see it for many months after I read my first review in late 2010. I am overjoyed with having seen it. It is a movie I will watch many times. I enjoyed it that much.

As I watched the movie, I drew many parallels between the sometimes despicable ways speech therapists and others treated the future King and me.

Stuttering: The Heartless Enemy of Communication

By Ed Arrington

Many years ago when I was in the Air Force, stationed in San Antonio, Texas, I went through a traumatic, distressing, and humiliating experience.

The Stuttering Foundation Receives a Helping Hand

Behind the scenes of some of our King's Speech media exposure

Oprah, Forbes Feature Stuttering Foundation

The Stuttering Foundation's Memphis office was flooded with calls after the April 9th issue of Forbes featured a full-page public service ad on page 103. ThenOprah Magazine ran a full-page PSA on page 99 in the May issue to trumpet National Stuttering Awareness Week. Ads also ran in AARP, Seventeen, andRedbook

Movie Star Talks about Stuttering

In the final week of March 2009, the public at large may have been surprised to learn that actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life when an article from the newswire circulated around the world about how the actress is grateful to her teacher for encouraging her to act in a school play at age twelve despite her stuttering. Also, Blunt’s March 25 appearance on the Ellen show in which she spent the first six minutes of the interview discussing her childhood stuttering received some coverage as well.

Former Hockey Player Inspires On and Off the Ice

Dave Taylor has been on the SFA’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.

Singer Withers Overcame Stuttering

While Bill Withers has long been on the SFA list of “Famous People Who Stutter,” many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away March 30, 2020.

The April/May 2006 issue of the magazine Waxpoetics sheds some light on the brilliant career of the famed singer and songwriter.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.

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