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‘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

Achieving Successful Behaviour Change: Introducing a Systematic Method to Change Behaviour

Presented by Carmen LeFevre

"This was the best presentation of the principles of behavior change I have heard or read about in almost 50 years in the field." - SLP

Desensitisation with Parents

Presented by Elaine Kelman and Ali Berquez

"Excellent! The videos with the parents were powerful, emotive and really showed me the importance of integrating this work."-SLP

Back to School

Back-to-school resources for parents

• Video- Help! My Child is Stuttering

July 12, 2025

As School Starts Back, Do Less Not More: School SLPs and Stuttering

If you are like most school-based SLPs, the start of a school year is a mixed bag of hopes, ambitions, optimism, and, of course, logistics.

Basic Clinical Skills

Presented by Barry Guitar, Peter Ramig, et al.

"Excellent course! The techniques were explained well and the videos of the slps working with clients was extremely helpful! Thank you!!"-SLP

Helping School-Age Children Who Stutter Evolve Communicative Competence

Presented by Kristin Chmela

"Extremely well organized! I really appreciate the flexibility that the self-study offers. I love being able to pause the video and go back and listen again when something really strikes me or when I need to hear it again!"-SLP

May 28, 2025

Road Doesn't Have to be Rocky for Those Who Stutter

National Stuttering Awareness Week earlier this month brought much-needed attention to stuttering, which affects 1% of adults and 5% of children worldwide.

Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids 2.0

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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.

Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis, born Lonnie Melvin Tillis, was an influential figure in country music, both as a songwriter and a performer. His journey to fame was marked by overcoming personal challenges, including a stutter that he turned into a defining part of his public persona.

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.

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.”

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.