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"It Won't Stop You"

Aussie Billionaire Has Message For Kids Who Stutter

Q&A with Philanthropist and Speaker

Justin Blackstone is a an advisor to the Boy Scouts of America National Foundation.

April 16, 2021

Coming to You Live from My Office

I’m a strong believer in having goals, no matter how big or small they are. I think goals help us grow to become the best version of ourselves.

Temperament and Teens

Temperament and the Impact of Stuttering in Children Aged 8-14 Years

Camps and Clinics

Looking for a summer stuttering program? We have a list.

April 9, 2021

Parents Benefit From Support Too

It is important to have an understanding of the parents experience so that they can receive the best support to improve their quality of life, as well as prepare them to provide a positive environment for their child.

Rowan Atkinson

Great Britain's Funniest Man

Challenge & Change

A Look Back at the 12th Annual Oxford Dysfluency Conference

Our Latest Magazine Now Online

52 pages of news, research, columns, articles on famous people, letters and drawings from kids, and much more!

Drawings and Letters Fly In

Check out what landed in our mailbox from kids around the world.

Jane Fraser Doesn't Miss a Beat

Stuttering Foundation President Interviewed for The Morning Beat.

January 26, 2021

Disclosure

What’s a piece of advice you would give to your younger self? It’s a popular question I get whenever I talk to speech-language-pathology students.

7 Tips for Parents Video

January 12, 2021

"My Fears Drifted Away"

I never thought as a person who stutters I would voluntarily take multiple improv classes and perform in front of groups of strangers.

December 17, 2020

The Good in the Midst of COVID

I think most, if not all of us, would agree that 2020 has not been a good year. I know it wasn’t for me.

The Mary E. Weadon Fund for Public Awareness

Mary E. Weadon was deeply involved in raising awareness of stuttering. Memorial gifts in her memory can be made in the following ways:

Mail a check in her memory to:
Stuttering Foundation of America
1805 Moriah Woods Boulevard, Suite 3
Memphis, TN 38117

Stuttering Foundation Co-sponsors Oxford Dysfluency Conference

The Oxford Dysfluency Conference is one of the leading international scientific conferences in the field of stuttering.

Fall Magazine

Our latest magazine is 52 pages of the latest news, feature articles, letters and drawings from kids, and much more!

Remembering Jonathan Miller

He distinguished himself both as a medical doctor and an actor

Stuttering Foundation Remembers Annie Glenn

Annie Glenn was a longtime spokesperson of The Stuttering Foundation in addition to a stalwart supporter over the years.

Letting Failure Pave the Way to Success

The inspirational and success-filled life of Ty Ellis

Q&A with Vince Vawter

Paperboy was our Stuttering Foundation Summer Book Club pick for 2020. Author Vince Vawter graciously joined Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, for a Live Q&A in August.

Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy Study On Two Males Who Stutter

Peter R, Ramig, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
Fellow, American Speech, Language, Hearing Association
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
And
Marshall E. Smith, M.D., Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
501 S. Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

The Curious Life of Lewis Carroll

Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Class

Stuttering Awareness is Important Around the World

We asked individuals who stutter and SLPs across the globe to help us bring awareness to stuttering. Watch this wonderful video.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

Byron Pitts

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 the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis, born Lonnie Melvin Tillis, was an influential figure in country music, both as a songwriter and a performer. His journey to fame was marked by overcoming personal challenges, including a stutter that he turned into a defining part of his public persona.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

Bob Love

Bob Love has dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.