Podcast

Sign Up

Virtual Learning

Streaming Video Library

More News

Peggy Lipton: Hollywood Icon & Stuttering Pioneer

She was one of the first modern women celebrities who was open about her stuttering and a definite role model.
Most Exciting Thing in the Stuttering Community: Van Riper Tapes

While the recordings are several decades old, the ideas are anything but outdated.
What is Stuttering?

A Close Look at the Actual Speech Disruptions
Meet Mitch Guerra from Survivor

"You have to surround yourself with people who are going to encourage you to do the crazy things that no one thinks are possible."
Brandon Kelly on George Springer: "He never, ever gave up"

"Don't let anybody or anything get in the way of who you are and who you want to be."
Remembering William P. "Bill" Murphy

He leaves a profound legacy for the stuttering community to treasure.
Finding His Voice: How Baseball Player Inspires Young Fan

With MLB All-Star George Springer leading his team into yet another World Series, we checked back in with a diehard fan for an update.
George Springer Scores with Inspiration

"Don't let anybody or anything get in the way of who you are and who you want to be," says George Springer.
Bringing It Home

When Brandon stepped into my office a few weeks ago, he did not know the word "stuttering." Yet, surely in his own way, he did know it.
A Home Run for Stuttering

As George Springer and the his team the Toronto Blue Jays play the Dodgers in this year's World Series, let's take a look back at the 2017 World Series.

CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

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.

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.

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."

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

Famous People Who Stutter