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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.

Tools For Success: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Taster

Presented by Frances Cook and Willie Botterill

This course presents highlights from a workshop featuring Frances Cook, MBE, MSC, MRCSLT (Hons) Cert. CT (Oxford) and Willie Botterill, MSc, (Psych. Couns.), MRCSLT.

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.

March 11, 2024

Bad Connection

If I have learned anything on my journey with stuttering it is that this journey is not linear.

Using Voluntary Stuttering to Empower Children Who Stutter

Presented by Joseph Donaher

Winter Magazine

Check out letters and drawings from kids in this special edition. PLUS, we have new activity pages.

Helping School-Age Children Who Stutter Evolve Communicative Competence

Presented by Kristin Chmela

75 Must-Use Resources for the Stuttering Community

To continue our celebration of The Stuttering Foundation’s 75^th Anniversary, we offer our list of 75 critical resources.

Hollywood's original method actor had an amazing and short career as a star. He had many impressive movie roles but his untimely death from a heart attack in 1952 at age 39 meant that his highly successful career was abruptly stopped in its tracks.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

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.

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.

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Bob Love

Bob Love has 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.