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Marathon Golfer Raises $2,600; Golfs 126 Holes in Support of the Stuttering Foundation

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Photo caption: Matthew Sander at the Ballyneal Golf Club in Holyoke, Colo., during the Hundred Hole Hike. Download picture

One-Stop Shopping for Stuttering

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Free Teacher & Parent Resources for Back-to-School Days

Golfers Drive Support for Stuttering

Tarver Family, Shelby Railroad Give Major Gift to Memphis’ Stuttering Foundation

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Photo caption: Kirk Tarver, vice president of Shelby Railroad, presents a donation to Donna White of the Stuttering Foundation on Sept. 18 at Wedgewood Golf Club. Download picture

Alan Rabinowitz in the News

Stuttering Foundation Spokesman and Conservationist Alan Rabinowitz has been featured by news outlets around the world.

When you get teased about your stuttering

An excerpt from the book Sometimes I Just Stutter

Children tease each other for many different reasons. A child who is taller than the others is sometimes teased. The same may happen to a child who is very short.

When you feel sad or angry about your stuttering

An excerpt from the book Sometimes I Just Stutter

Help is ‘Always Available’ for Global Stuttering Community

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October 22 is International Stuttering Awareness Day

Some people just don't understand

An excerpt from the book Sometimes I Just Stutter

It is alright to stutter!

An excerpt from Sometimes I Just Stutter

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA’s All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.

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.

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.