Free E-Books

You can read and download these books for free:

Advice to Those Who Stutter by 28 therapists who stutter themselves.
Trouble at Recess by Jamie
Sometimes I Just Stutter by Eelco de Geus
Self-Therapy for the Stutterer by Malcolm Fraser
The Child Who Stutters: To the Pediatrician by Barry Guitar, Ph.D., and Edward G. Conture, Ph.D.
Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers
Stuttering: Its Nature and Management by Courtney Stromsta, Ph.D.
My Very Own: I can Do It Storybook! Starring Me by Julie Raynor
The Girl Who Stutters by Mia J., Rebecca D., and Casey W.
Pages 77-81 from Stuttering: Successes and Failures by Joseph Sheehan
The Stuttering Little Ballet Boy by Sohel Bagai

CELEBRITY FOCUS

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

“Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself,” observed Stossel. “The idea that I’m on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes.”

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA’s All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.

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.

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt’s name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.