Materials Make a Difference Around the World

Here are two letters we recently received from other countries:

Dear Stuttering Foundation,

I am a stutterer from Madagascar who requested help from your Foundation. You sent me some tools which were very helpful for me (book, DVD). I still stutter but less than before.

I made significant progress toward fluency ... I continue my self-therapy, but would like to help other stutterers in my country.

Regards,

Andriamahenina

Madagascar

If you are in Madagascar and would like to contact Andriamahenina about stuttering, please e-mail info@stutteringhelp.org and we will put you in touch.

Hello,

I would like to say a big thank you to your Foundation which sent me the book Advice to Those Who Stutter. When I received it I was 12 years old; now, I am 21.

In Slovenia, we don’t have a similar Foundation, so I wrote to your foundation looking for help and I received a free book. lt really helped me in my life.

Thank you again,

Matevz

Slovenia

From the Summer 2014 Newsletter

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt’s name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

Carly Simon

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

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.

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.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.