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April 14, 2026

When Your Voice Stutters But Your Ideas Don't: Building Real Confidence

Your voice matters—even when it takes time to come out. Your ideas are valuable—even when they arrive with effort. You belong at every table you sit at—even when your seat feels shaky.

April 9, 2026

Stuttering on Film: The Last 15 years

How Have Portrayals of People Who Stammer Changed Across Genres in Mainstream Film Over the Past 15 Years?

Helping Parents Foster Self-Regulation in Their Children Who Stutter

Presented by Ellen Kelly

"Fantastic course! I learned how to better help parents understand the concept and purpose of self-regularion and the potential impact on fluency."-SLP

February 17, 2026

Ethical Considerations in Stuttering Therapy: Balancing Autonomy and Beneficence*

Blog by Tricia Hedinger, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF

Kendrick Lamar Sets Record for Most Rap Grammy’s with 27

Lamar never let his stutter hold him back. “As a kid, I used to stutter. I think that’s why I put my energy into making music. That’s how I get my thoughts out.”

‘American Idol’ Sneak Peek Highlights an Audition Hopeful Who Overcomes a Stutter

“When I was singing that song, I was thinking of younger me who wouldn’t speak in class, who was scared of what people thought of him. The fact that I got this, it’s just proof that everything’s working out how it should.”

Using Voluntary Stuttering to Empower Children Who Stutter

Presented by Joseph Donaher

Meet Dongmyung Ahn

"Stuttering doesn’t need to keep you from doing what you love, or keep you from making friends..."

Carol Kaye: Legendary American Musician & Bass Player

Women and girls who stutter have a role model in Carol Kaye, whose brilliant and highly documented 65-year of immense success speaks for itself.

Meet Shalom Goodman

"I don’t like the term successful, since most people equate success with money. I feel that success is the constant struggle to do what is right."

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

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.

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt’s name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

Bob Love

The late Bob Love dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.