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Teachers can support students who stutter by listening patiently, avoiding interruptions, and creating a classroom where every student feels comfortable speaking. The Stuttering Foundation’s guide offers practical tips for encouraging participation and confidence.

One of the most valuable things grandparents can provide is something they already have: time, patience, encouragement, and unconditional love.

A back-to-school message for the adults who listen.

Because silence, as it is commonly understood, is only the surface. What it contains is far more complex. And far more human.

There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes not from being alone, but from constantly editing yourself before you enter the world. Not because there are no people around you, but because every interaction carries an invisible layer of calculation.

Many people join a stuttering support group with a clear idea of what they are looking for. But in the beginning, most people do not find what they are looking for.

Your voice matters—even when it takes time to come out. Your ideas are valuable—even when they arrive with effort. You belong at every table you sit at—even when your seat feels shaky.

How Have Portrayals of People Who Stammer Changed Across Genres in Mainstream Film Over the Past 15 Years?

If you are like most school-based SLPs, the start of a school year is a mixed bag of hopes, ambitions, optimism, and, of course, logistics.