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. Gina Dwyer-Urban, M.A., CCC-SLP 5208 Marcella Ct Durham, NC 27707-9808 (804)513-3043 gina.urban.slp@gmail.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

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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.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

Mel Tillis

Country music star Mel Tillis entertained audiences around the world.

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.

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.”