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The King Takes the Stage

The world knows David Seidler best for his Oscar-winning screenplay of The King's Speech, a film that earned Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay, as well as numerous BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG accolades.
Genetic Research Identifies Brain Cell Type Affected in Stuttering

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have now identified a specific brain cell type involved in stuttering.
The "Endless Summer" Affects Those Who Stutter

For children who have been at home for weeks now because of the pandemic, the start of summer break has been anything but a vacation.
Vegas Station Shines Spotlight on Stuttering

KTNV TV Features Foundation as a Jackpot for Resources
Remembering Annie Glenn

Annie Glenn was a longtime spokesperson of The Stuttering Foundation in addition to a stalwart supporter over the years.
TV Stations Report on Stuttering Awareness

NBC and Fox affiliates share numerous resources with their viewers.
Stuttering Awareness PSA

Watch the Facebook Q&A with SFA President Jane Fraser and film Director Cody Packer, who created a PSA on stuttering.
Stuttering Makes Headlines on WACH Fox 57

The Foundation is spreading the word for National Stuttering Awareness Week.
WJBF TV Highlights Stuttering

ABC Station Focuses on National Stuttering Awareness Week
KAGS TV Reports on NSAW

NBC Station Makes Stuttering a Top Story

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

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.

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

"Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself," observed Stossel. "The idea that I'm on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes."

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.

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of The Tonight Show from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.

Famous People Who Stutter