FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEMPHIS, TENN. (Jan. 3, 2022) — Good News for Employers: According to speech experts, people who stutter, tend to show significantly above average care and perseverance in completing their workplace responsibilities.
6th Edition of The Child Who Stutters:
To the Pediatrician Mailed to Pediatricians Nationwide
Memphis, Tenn. (October 15, 2021)—Oct. 22 marks International Stuttering Awareness Day. For more than seven decades, the Stuttering Foundation has been a trusted source of timely and accurate information on stuttering, helping people who stutter, and their families, find guidance and support.
Juanyeh Thomas, a safety on the Georgia Tech football team, spoke about his stuttering during a radio interview with the ACC Network.
"I stutter," Thomas said. "I'm going to forever stutter. But I have gotten better at it. But, like I said, the more I talk, the more I get better at it, then the more confident I feel about it to talk."
In elementary school speaking was a struggle for Thomas.
South African professional golfer Christiaan Bezuidenhout is a three-time winner on the European Tour, a participant of the Tokyo Olympics, and a person who stutters.
Bezuidenhout has talked about his stuttering during interviews a number of times.
Effective Counseling in Stuttering Therapy — This book will help your students have a better understanding of the counseling aspect of therapy and suggests ways to use it effectively. Each chapter can stand alone as a resource for the specific population to which it refers.Memphis, Tenn. (June 21, 2021) – "Returning to the classroom for the 2021-22 academic year and moving away from remote learning through video and audio instruction offers an excellent opportunity for children who stutter," says Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation. "Getting back to school and talking in person with their school speech-language pathologists, teachers and friends, is so important for all children, but even more so for kids who stutter."
Generations of Genius and Stuttering
He became famous for his high-profile role as Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Greg Wilson
greg@curleycompany.com
571-239-7474
Mary E. Weadon was deeply involved in raising awareness of stuttering. Memorial gifts in her memory can be made in the following ways:
Mail a check in her memory to:
Stuttering Foundation of America
1805 Moriah Woods Boulevard, Suite 3
Memphis, TN 38117
Podcast
Sign Up
Virtual Learning
Online CEUs
Streaming Video Library