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Bad Connection

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

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Do the Best with the Knowledge You Have

"Remember that you played the best you could with what you knew at the time." - Owen Knight Survivor 43 finalist

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Help! My Child is Stuttering

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Using the Telephone

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Self-Therapy for the Stutterer

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Myths About Stuttering

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Job Seekers Who Stutter Can Become Great Employees

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Answers for Employers

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6 Tips for Speaking with Someone Who Stutters

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

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.

Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe, according to Wikipedia, is known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2025) by her death in 1962.

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

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.

Famous People Who Stutter