Referrals - North Carolina | Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter

Listed below are the names of speech pathologists in your state who might be able to help you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America provides these names only to help in locating a speech pathologist who might be able to assist you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America does not warrant the competency of these speech pathologists nor guarantee their treatment.

This list is likely to include only a small number of the speech pathologists in your area and therefore might not include the names of all speech pathologists who might be able to assist you. No negative implication should be drawn about a particular speech pathologist's qualifications or competency if he or she is not included on this list.

If the individuals located below cannot assist you or are not located near you, the Stuttering Foundation of America encourages you to request a referral from them.

Ms. Sandie Barrie Blackley, CCC-SLP The Language & Learning Clinic 1919 North Bridge St Elkin, NC 28621-2105 (336)835-7337 sbblackley@gmail.com	Mr. Chagit Edery Clark, CCC-SLP Beyond Fluency Arden, NC 28704-9588 (718)781-6758 EderyClarkSLP@gmail.com
Ms. Sarah Henry Donnelly, M.A., CCC-SLP Asheville Speech Associates 1063 Haywood Rd Asheville, NC 28806-2650 (828)285-8814 sarah.henry@bcsemail.org www.ashevillespeech.com	Ms. Lynn M. Fox, M.Ed., CCC-SLP UNC Craniofacial Team Campus Box 7450 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450 (919)537-3509 (919)537-3554 lynn_fox@unc.edu
Ms. Laura Graham, M.S., CCC-SLP Wilson, NC 27896 lgrahamslp@hotmail.com	Dr. Joe Klein, CCC-SLP Appalachian State University Boone, NC (828)262-2620 kleinjf@appstate.edu
Ms. Sally Pidge, M.Ed.,CCC-SLP Achieve Therapy Services 2301 Crownpoint Executive Dr Ste E Charlotte, NC 28227-6725 (704)708-8314 (704)708-8315 www.achievetherapyclinic.com	Mr. Peter M. Reitzes, M.A., CCC-SLP Chapel Hill, NC (919)475-1529 preitzes@yahoo.com
Dr. David A. Shapiro, CCC-SLP Communication Sciences & Disorders Western Carolina University 4121 Little Savannah Rd, 188 Hlth & Human Sciences Cullowhee, NC 28723 (828)227-3291 (828)227-7456 shapiro@email.wcu.edu	Ms. Rita D. Thurman, M.S.,CCC-SLP Speech & Language Therapy Associates 3700 National Drive, Suite 206 Raleigh, NC 27612-4842 (919)571-0622 (919)800-3365 FAX thurmanrita@gmail.com BCS-FD (Board Certified Specialist in Fluency) Board Member of the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

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.

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.

Bill Walton

From BillWalton.com

Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Listen to a podcast.