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Stuttering Didn't Silence His Story

John Stossel knows news. He also knows what it's like to deal with a stuttering problem.
Celebrating 75 Years of Helping Those Who Stutter

Read our anniversary newsletter.
2022 Eastern Workshop

Twenty-one therapists gathered from eight countries across the globe for a week of professional development under the tutelage of Elaine Kelman and Ali Berquez from the Michael Palin Centre in London.
Understanding Stuttering

What causes stuttering? Presumably, anyone who stutters has reflected on the reasons why he or she is a person who stutters.
Palin Parent Child Interaction Therapy For Early Childhood Stammering Course

This two-day course for speech-language pathologists will take place Jan. 4-5 via Zoom.
Dr. Klaas Bakker Receives Deso Weiss Award

Dr. Bakker was nominated by several leaders in the field of cluttering.
How Brain Research Sheds Light on the Cause of Stuttering

Neuroimaging research from the past 15 years supports stuttering's classification as a neurodevelopmental disorder revealing subtle differences in the development of brain circuitry supporting speech in people who stutter.
Singing for the Queen: Ed Sheeran at the Queen's Jubilee

DID YOU KNOW… that Ed Sheeran, who performed at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on February 2, 2022, is a person who stutters, just like the Queen's father, King George VI?
Stuttering Foundation Marks 75th Anniversary, International Stuttering Awareness Day with New Resources

Foundation Officially Raises Estimate of People Who Stutter to 80 Million Globally
The Queen Showed Us How to Love and Serve

We are saddened by the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, whose father King George VI struggled with stuttering throughout his life.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis, born Lonnie Melvin Tillis, was an influential figure in country music, both as a songwriter and a performer. His journey to fame was marked by overcoming personal challenges, including a stutter that he turned into a defining part of his public persona.

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.

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.

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt's name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

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.

Famous People Who Stutter