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Popular Book Now Available Free

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Contact: Jane Fraser
info@StutteringHelp.org
901-761-0343

The Teacher Who Made a Difference

The Teacher Who Made a Difference by Corinne M. Litzenberg is now available as a free download.

Classroom Presentation

Sample of a classroom presentation on stuttering (PowerPoint file) by Loryn McGill

Checklist for clinicians to determine if a student is at a therapeutic level for a self-disclosure classroom presentation (PDF file) by Loryn McGill

Quechua Translations

Pusaq allin willakuy yachachiqkunapaq — Quechua translation of 8 Tips for Teachers

Wawaykiwan allinta rimanaykipaq qanchis allin willakuy — Quechua translation of 7 Tips for Talking with Your Child

NIH study in mice identifies type of brain cell involved in stuttering

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Back to School: Kids Who Stutter Share Their Hopes and Fears

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Contact: Jane Fraser
jfraser@StutteringHelp.org
912-223-7481 or 202-686-4494

Memphis, Tenn. (August 5, 2019) — For many children and parents, the new school year is a time of excitement and anticipation. But for children who stutter, a new classroom, new teacher, new school, or new friends can be reasons for anxiety and concern. The Stuttering Foundation provides help.

Virtual Learning by Stuttering Foundation Online Workshops Draw Participants from Across the Globe

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Memphis, Tenn. (June 3, 2019) — Earlier this spring, the Stuttering Foundation launched Virtual Learning by Stuttering Foundation, a free online series of interactive workshops with a variety of offerings for speech-language pathologists, parents, and individuals who stutter.

Stuttering Foundation Explores Genetic Research at New York City Gala

Dr. Dennis Drayna, NIDCD, Explores Developments
in Genetics and Neuroscience of Stuttering

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Stuttering Foundation Launches New Website

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MEMPHIS, TENN. (May 1, 2019) —With nearly 100 million visitors each year and inquiries from more than 137 countries around the world, the Stuttering Foundation’s website has become the leading global source of information on stuttering.

Stuttering Foundation Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week

Memphis, Tenn. (May 6, 2020) — For more than seven decades, the Stuttering Foundation has worked hand-in-hand with teachers to help them understand the needs of the child who stutters, both in the classroom and on the playground. By providing information, such as handbooks, FAQs, tips, videos and classroom presentations, the Foundation offers free, easy-to use resources for every teacher and school.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

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.

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.