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The Stuttering Foundation celebrates its 70^th anniversary this year, marking seven decades as the world's foremost nonprofit dedicated to helping those who stutter.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (May 8, 2017) — The Stuttering Foundation, www.StutteringHelp.org, celebrates its 70^th anniversary this year, marking seven decades as the world's foremost nonprofit dedicated to helping those who stutter.

The Foundation was established by the late auto parts magnate Malcolm Fraser in 1947.

Erik Weir is a successful money manager. But this self-made success story struggled with stuttering, which, along with his faith in God, made him the man he is today.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, now a small forward for the Charlotte Hornets, was considered one of the best basketball players in the country while in high school in New Jersey. In 2012, he was drafted second overall by the Charlotte Bobcats. That same year, he achieved his first career double-double, scoring 25 points and 12 rebounds and making him one of only five players under age 20 to accomplish that mark.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2016) — The Stuttering Foundation, www.StutteringHelp.org, announced the winners of its 2016 Awards for Excellence in Journalism today in celebration of International Stuttering Awareness Day.

This quote is from Abraham Lincoln and applies to my dad's last two years, "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

If you remember your original "intro" text to communication sciences and disorders, it probably was divided into broad sections, such as Speech, Language and Hearing. Indeed, that was the actual title of my own intro text. In such texts, stuttering was always covered in the section on Speech Disorders.

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Contact: Greg Wilson
greg@curleycompany.com
(571) 239-7474