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December 10, 2020
Stuttering Foundation Co-sponsors Oxford Dysfluency Conference
The Oxford Dysfluency Conference is one of the leading international scientific conferences in the field of stuttering.
November 5, 2020
Remembering Jonathan Miller
He distinguished himself both as a medical doctor and an actor
November 5, 2020
Stuttering Foundation Remembers Annie Glenn
Annie Glenn was a longtime spokesperson of The Stuttering Foundation in addition to a stalwart supporter over the years.
October 26, 2020
The Curious Life of Lewis Carroll
Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Class
October 22, 2020
Stuttering Awareness is Important Around the World

We asked individuals who stutter and SLPs across the globe to help us bring awareness to stuttering. Watch this wonderful video.
October 2, 2020
Salute to Pediatric Nurses
October 5-9 is Pediatric Nurses Week. Within the stuttering community, parents’ fear that a child is beginning to stutter is well known — and very real.
September 23, 2020
ID Cards Help During Pandemic
Fox 44 Shares Resources with Texas Viewers
September 18, 2020
Masks Can Be An Obstacle
Pittsburgh CBS station offers help to those who stutter
September 16, 2020
Masks pose added challenges for those who stutter
Texas CBS station KLBK discusses Stuttering Foundation resources
September 3, 2020
Don’t Leave Home Without It
Have you ever been stopped for speeding or had trouble when questioned coming through airport security? If you have, whether you stutter or not, you know how tough these two situations can be.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, is well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones has spoken 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.

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.

John Melendez

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

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.

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.