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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?
In Their Own Words: Kids Who Stutter Star in Animated Video
In this new video from The Stuttering Foundation, viewers meet other kids who recount how they handle challenges such as teasing, speaking out in class, and teaching others about stuttering.
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.
Singer Who Stutters Hits All the Right Notes on 'America's Got Talent'
Amanda Mammana gave an emotional audition when she sang a song she wrote herself on America's Got Talent.
A Goliath of Research Collected About Stuttering
Nan Bernstein Ratner and Shelley B. Brundage revive Oliver Bloodstein’s seminal work with an innovative format and the latest research to guide the reader to the new “edge of our knowledge of stuttering.”
Speech-Language Pathologists from Around the World Attend Intensive Workshop on Stuttering
Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter was held in Boston from June 13-17.
Q&A with Journalist Brian Fraga
Brian Fraga is an award-winning journalist and reporter from Massachusetts. He sat down with The Stuttering Foundation to discuss his many life and career successes, along his lifelong journey with stuttering.
Where Are They Now?
We caught up with some old friends to see how their careers have progressed since we first spoke seven years ago.
Jane Fraser's Presentation to the Eastern Workshop
This one-week course provides speech-language pathologists with an introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in relation to the assessment and treatment of stuttering.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., who passed away in 2018, was an explorer, wildlife conservationist, and author. He established the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar, which is about the size of the state of Vermont.

His love for animals began when he was very young.

Darren Sproles

Darren Sproles, a former player for The Philadelphia Eagles, the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers, made history in 2007 when he became the first player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt for his first two NFL touchdowns in the same game. In 2021, he was selected to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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.

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.

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.