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Thank You Dr. Howard Schwartz

Words will not express what an impact Dr. Howard Schwartz has had on so many people’s lives throughout his career as a Speech Language Pathologist.

Erik Weir: Be Grateful and Don’t Be Afraid to Work Hard to Achieve Success

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.

Stuttering Foundation Celebrates National Stuttering Awareness Week

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Speech-Language Pathologists from Around the World Attend Intensive Workshop on Stuttering

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BOSTON (June 13, 2022) — Twenty-one speech-language pathologists from around the world were chosen to attend an intensive workshop on stuttering therapy.

The workshop, Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter, was held in Boston from June 13-17, 2022. It was co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation and Boston University.

Stuttering Foundation Marks 75th Anniversary, International Stuttering Awareness Day with New Resources

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Foundation Officially Raises Estimate of People Who Stutter to 80 Million Globally

Stuttering Foundation Receives $55,000 Bequest from Lemanow Estate

Memphis, Tenn. (March 21, 2023) – The Stuttering Foundation, with offices in Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Simons Island, Georgia, today received a bequest of $55,475 from the estate of Edith Lemanow of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

Treatment Core

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D. TREATMENT CORE:

1. Treatment domains – Addressing:
a. Speech behaviors

Other Fluency Challenges and Stuttering Plus

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E. OTHER FLUENCY CHALLENGES AND STUTTERING PLUS

Nature of Stuttering Core

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Counseling Core

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

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.

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

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.