• Camps Provide Fun and Learning

    We are featuring three summer camps: the Institute for Stuttering Research, Wasatch Children's Stuttering Management Program, and Freedom to Speak.

  • Don't Let Stuttering Keep You Out of the ROTC

    Starting a freshman year in college, I was required to take basic Reserve Officer Training (ROTC). I felt good about doing well with weapons and drilling in formation, so I continued in advanced ROTC. Speaking in public was minimal, and when it was required, it was before large groups who needed to be addressed in a loud voice.

  • A Meaningful Poem About Stuttering

    Hello, my name is Eric Hawkins. I struggled with stuttering for many years until a few years back when I made it a part of who I am. I still stutter some, but the weight of embarrassment has lifted. Thank you for what you do for those of us who stutter.

  • Don't Let Stuttering Keep You Out of Med School

    Soon after my 40th birthday, I realized for the first time in my life that I was no longer preoccupied with how I was going to speak my next words. My mind had always been working overtime, searching for alternatives to avoid a struggle. No longer preoccupied with my speech, I was forced to confront the question of Who am I?

  • Queen Honors Board Member

    Board member Frances Cook was awarded an MBE* in the Queen's Birthday Honours on the 9th of November in London for her outstanding work with children who stammer.

  • Unchained Melody

    The name Gareth Gates may not be recognized by some Americans, but he is one of the biggest pop stars in recent UK history. A singer-songwriter, Gates has branched off into musical theatre and film. Gareth Gates was born on July 12, 1984 in Bradford, England, one of four children of Paul and Wendy Gates; Paul Gates stuttered until age 21 when it miraculously disappeared.

  • 25 Things I Wish I Had Known About Stuttering When I was 20

    Laurent Lagarde, who translated the books Advice to Those Who Stutter and Sometimes I Just Stutter into French, now shares "25 things I wish I had known about stuttering when I was 20 years old."
    He wrote them for his French blog and has now translated them into English.

  • Fundraiser Runs at Full Steam to Make Record Gift to Foundation

    Kirk and John Tarver and their Memphis-based Shelby Railroad Services Inc. raised an astonishing $11,000+ for the Memphis-based Stuttering Foundation. Shelby Railroad held their annual fund-raising golf outing and dinner on Oct. 4 at Wedgewood Golf Club, in Olive Branch, Miss.

  • Spanish Resources Expand

    Stuttering Foundation resources continue to help people around the world. Recently, a few more books have been translated into other languages. Daniela Jaramillo translated Treating the School-Age Child Who Stutters: A Guide for Clinicians into Spanish. "It was great to see the translation. I sent another email to the translator with your thanks for her work. She is very pleased to collaborate with the noble work of the Foundation," wrote Dr. César Burneo, who was Daniela's professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

  • Brain Development in Stuttering

    I recently spent 2 years studying brain development, motor learning, computational neuroscience and stuttering in Boston, Massachusetts. I am Canadian, and I also happen to be an intense hockey fan, and the team that I cheer for is the Boston Bruins. The Bruins take as their logo a large 'B' at the center of a circle with spokes radiating out from it.

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