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Summer 2024 Magazine

Our new magazine has a collection of artwork, letters, and fun for kids, by kids.
Stuttering Foundation Mourns Passing of Bill Walton

Walton is remembered as a college basketball and NBA legend, broadcaster, and stuttering advocate.
Therapists from Around the World Attend Workshop on Stuttering

The Eastern Workshop: Using Cognitive Approaches to Working with People Who Stutter took place in Boston, Massachusetts.
Unlocking the Genetics of Stuttering

Researchers have linked a newly discovered gene to persistent stuttering into adulthood, giving hope to those with severe speech disorders.
Gerald Ford: American President and a Person Who Stuttered

The American public is well aware of Joe Biden's childhood stuttering. But did you know about President Gerald Ford?
One Size Does Not Fit All

John Stossel and Emily Blunt discuss their stuttering struggles and strategies.
Speeding & Stuttering

NASCAR driver Mason Massey discusses stuttering and his career
The World's First Female Speech Therapist

Charles Van Riper was renowned in the field of speech pathology. His wife, Catherine Jane "Katy" "C.J." Hull Van Riper, was a pioneer in her own right.
One Size Does Not Fit All

John Stossel and Emily Blunt discuss their stuttering struggles and strategies.
The Legacy of King's Speech Screenwriter David Seidler: "We have a voice. We have been heard."

With profound sadness, we share news of the passing of David Seidler.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

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.

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.

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.

Famous People Who Stutter