Stuttering Foundation Makes Headlines Around the World

Comments Come in from Across the Globe

Last week the Stuttering Foundation and President Jane Fraser were mentioned in an article on the Catholic News Service. The article dealt with how some Catholic priests deal with stuttering in their ministry and featured the stories of two priests. Articles from the wire service are made made available to almost every Catholic newspaper in the U.S., as well as to those in English-speaking foreign countries. The article mentioned the Stuttering Foundation's downloadable brochure "Special Education Law and Children Who Stutter," which explains that every child in the U.S.

In July, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), The Florida State University, and the Stuttering Foundation co-sponsored the third Mid-Atlantic Workshop in Philadelphia.

Speech-language pathologists from nine states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Brazil, and France met July 12-16 on the CHOP campus to learn how to assess and treat school-age children and adolescents who stutter.

The following letter was sent to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's ASHA Leader by Stuttering Foundation President Jane Fraser.

Dear Editor,

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently visited the beach house of some friends. While there, I met an interesting lady who stuttered. At first I thought she had had too much to drink, but after 15 minutes I realized she had a speech impediment. I've never met an adult who stutters. At times it was very uncomfortable because I knew the word she was trying to say but could not get out. 

Would it have been rude to complete the word for her, or should I have let her work through it? I felt very awkward.

-Uncomfortable in Florida 

This is an excerpt from the popular book Sometimes I Just Stutter by Eelco de Geus

Dear Brother or Sister,

By Dean E. Williams, Ph.D.

Questions from Parents

Please e-mail your questions to info@stutteringhelp.org

By Kristin A. Chmela, M.A., CCC-SLP

By Lacey Heid

I was diagnosed with a mild cluttering disorder when I was 24 years old.  Cluttering is a type of fluency disorder, and it often gets misdiagnosed or undiagnosed altogether.  I want to discuss what has helped me improve my speech.  Hopefully, this will help others who clutter find some strategies that may help improve their speech, as well as shed some light for SLPs on ways to help their clients with fluency disorders.