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Golfers Stay on Track to Make Astonishing Gift to Memphis Foundation

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Just What the Doctor Ordered: Help for Kids Who Stutter Sent to 53,727 Pediatricians

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (October 15, 2013) — “This is one of the most helpful pieces that I have been sent in my 27 years of private practice,” wrote a doctor from Washington state.

Meet Lionel!

If you live in the New York area, and have ever watched the news on WPIX, you know Lionel. And now we know Lionel, too. Lionel has become the latest celebrity to speak out on behalf of those who stutter, and it won’t be long before the entire country starts hearing radio public service announcements for the Stuttering Foundation featuring his wonderful voice.

Parents, Don't Be Misled — Early Intervention Pays Off

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Our thoughts on the Australian study on preschool stuttering

As you may have already seen, the recent “big news” in the stuttering community is a new study from Australia. Below is the abstract sent to major media outlets earlier this week. It has spurred a number of misleading headlines. We have serious concerns about this abstract, the study, and how it has been cast by the media:

The Abstract (delivered to select media)

PRESCHOOLERS WHO STUTTER DO JUST FINE EMOTIONALLY AND SOCIALLY

A Blunder from Down Under:

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Unsolicited longitudinal onset data on preschool stuttering

A Blunder from Down Under:

Alan Rabinowitz in the News

Stuttering Foundation Spokesman and Conservationist Alan Rabinowitz has been featured by news outlets around the world.

Paying Tribute to Aussie Columnist and Friend Jane Fraser

It’s quite interesting to read about someone who shares your very same name, and quite sad when that person passes away. Today we learned of the

Bo Jackson

Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is no ordinary athlete; a former professional baseball and football player, he is the only athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports.

For Grandfathers and Grandmothers

An excerpt from the book Sometimes I Just Stutter

By Eelco de Geus

Dear Grandfather and Grandmother,

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Bill Walton

From BillWalton.com

Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

Winston Churchill

Seeking to "remove Winston Churchill's stutter by second guessing the diagnosis" indicates neither a truthful retelling of history nor an informed opinion about a complex speech disorder, say experts in the field of speech-language pathology.

Recent news reports that quote Dr. John Mather, a Washington physician, as saying that Churchill's stutter "is a lie" brought adamant critical response from specialists in the field of stuttering and fluency disorders.

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Listen to a podcast.

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA’s All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.