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.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.
 
Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.
 

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

Differential Diagnosis

Normal developmental disfluency and early signs of stuttering are often difficult to differentiate. Thus, diagnosis of a stuttering problem is made tentatively. It is based upon both direct observation of the child and information from parents about the child’s speech in different situations and at different times.

Teaching Others

One way you can teach your friends about stuttering is to have your speech therapist or your classroom teacher help you make a presentation about stuttering. Lots of kids we know have used classroom presentations to teach others about stuttering, so we thought we would share a few tips from them on things you can do in your own presentation.

Tips for Classroom Presentations

Insurance Coverage

Obtaining Reimbursement for Stuttering Treatment

Approximately three million children and adults in the U.S. stutter. This guide provides suggestions and resources for obtaining payment for the treatment of stuttering.

1. Will my health plan cover stuttering treatment?

Survey- Stuttering Holds Workers Back

Stuttering holds workers back, survey shows

A newly released survey by Professor Marshall Rice of the Schulich School of Business at York University, Toronto, found 51 percent of respondents ' all of whom stutter ' believe they would have a better job if they didn't have the disorder.

 

 

Magazines/Newsletters

Please note that some of our older newsletters below have outdated contact information. Here is our current information: 
The Stuttering Foundation
P.O. Box 11749
Memphis, TN 38111-0749
Phone: (901) 761-0343 • Fax: (901) 761-0484
E-mail: info@stutteringhelp.org

Eastern Workshop attendees quotes

Eastern Workshop attendees were contacted six months after their 5-day training to see how each of them is using their training in working with people who stutter. Here's what they had to say: 

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Therapy Outcomes

Within the field of speech-language pathology and even among those who stutter, there is disagreement about acceptable treatment outcomes from stuttering therapy. Some believe the only acceptable therapy outcome is a significant reduction in or total elimination of stuttering. Others believe that speech which contains some stuttering, as long as the stuttering has become less tense and effortful, is just as acceptable.

Translations

Stuttering Foundation resources translated into other languages...

Explaining Stuttering

Children are often very curious and may ask why they stutter. It can be difficult to know how to respond to a question like this because we may worry that we will say the wrong thing. However, we find that many children feel a sense of relief when an adult takes this question seriously, is honest with them about what is happening when they talk, and explains why they talk differently from others.

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