The April/May 2006 issue of the magazine Waxpoetics sheds some light on the brilliant career of the famed singer and songwriter.
Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.
Talking with children who stutter
By Dean E. Williams, Ph.D.
By Dean E. Williams, Ph.D.
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By Rob Bloom
I stutter. I always have. In fact, I can remember being three years old and trying very hard to push out the word 'd-d-daddy.'
Jeffrey Blitz, writer and director of Rocket Science, answers SFA questions.
Q: Is there one incident in your childhood that inspired you to write the screenplay for Rocket Science?
This 30-page book written and illustrated by 8 year-old Jamie describes the tribulations that many children who stutter encounter both in the classroom and on the playground.
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At a time of spiraling health care costs, speech therapy is one free benefit many parents can appreciate. If your child stutters, he or she may be eligible for free speech therapy in school.
Under federal law, public and private schools must provide special education services such as speech therapy to children, even preschoolers, who need them. "Unfortunately, many parents aren't aware that this free resource exists and that it can save them hundreds of dollars in health care costs," said Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation. "Stuttering therapy may not be covered by employer-based health insurance either," she added.
A national survey of 1002 respondents* conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide and The Stuttering Foundation.
By Casey Pearce
Chargers.com
Darren Sproles spent one morning encouraging approximately 30 youngsters who, like the star running back, battle stuttering issues.
Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) are studying....
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Although the etiology of stuttering is not fully understood, there is strong evidence to suggest that it emerges from a combination of constitutional and environmental factors. Geneticists have found indications that a susceptibility to stuttering may be inherited and that it is most likely to occur in boys.1,2,3 Further support for inheritance comes from twin studies that have demonstrated a higher concordance for stuttering among both members of identical twin pairs than fraternal twin pairs.4,5 Congenital brain damage is also suspected to be a predisposing factor in some cases.1 For a large number of children who stutter, however, there is neither family history of the disorder nor clear evidence of brain damage.
Newly discovered families give impetus to genetics research
by Lisa Scott-Trautman, Ph.D.
Q: How can you tell if your child has a stuttering problem?
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