Working with Children in the School Environment

By Dean E. Williams, Ph.D.

Ask the Experts

Questions from Parents

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

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

Turning a Negative Into a Postitive

By Dylan Levin

From One Clutterer to Another… Strategies that Helped Me

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.

Basic Goals for a Person who Stutters

By J. David Williams

Prince Charles Hosts Reception for Stammering Centre

Prince Charles hosted a reception Tuesday, March 2, at his London home to praise the work of the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children.

Uncovering a Masterpiece

By Paul Noor

alt text As a child growing up in a small village north of Iran, just south of Russia, I struggled with a severe stutter and even considered not talking and learning sign language. Today I am a speaker and speak at businesses, clubs, schools, colleges, churches and correctional facilities.

Stuttering Didn't Silence the News

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges,released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become a national correspondent with CBS News.

Filling the role of a missing dad

The following letter appeared on Feb. 20, 2010, in The Commercial Appeal of Memphis.

The May 15 article "Study hints at stuttering as an inherited trait of genes" brought back memories of Malcolm Fraser, who founded a stuttering institute in Memphis.

My brothers Bill and Bob and I were active in the then Man-for-Boy Club in the 1950s, which was based at the Downtown YMCA on Madison.

Archived Articles

Pediatricians Issue TV Warning

President of Stuttering Foundation Receives Prestigious Award

PwS in Greece Now Have a Voice

Reaching Out to Pediatricians Around the World

Lankster: ‘Don’t quit. Go live your dream’

NFL Cornerback Ellis Lankster, of the New York Jets, was honored by the Stuttering Foundation at a May 8th gala in New York. “Ellis shows his true toughness by sharing his struggles with fluency as a child,” said Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation.

Stossel Leads Winning Team

Renowned journalist and commentator John Stossel joined the Stuttering Foundation at a May 8th gala in New York to celebrate National Stuttering Awareness Week and the Foundation’s 65th Anniversary as the world’s leading charitable organization helping those who stutter.

Oprah, Forbes Feature Stuttering Foundation

The Stuttering Foundation's Memphis office was flooded with calls after the April 9th issue of Forbes featured a full-page public service ad on page 103. Then Oprah Magazine ran a full-page PSA on page 99 in the May issue to trumpet National Stuttering Awareness Week. Ads also ran in AARP, Seventeen, and Redbook.