Renowned Experts Lead 2-Day Conference

 
More than 70 people attended the Stuttering Foundation’s 2-day conference on May 16 and 17 at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J.
 
Attendees came from Peru, Finland, Canada and several states, including Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Washington, Minnesota, Florida, California, and Maryland.
 

Clinicians Travel from Around the Globe

 
The five-day Eastern Workshop, Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter, was held in Boston from June 16–20. Co-sponsored by the Stuttering Foundation and Boston University, this was the sixth year this course was offered, attracting clinicians worldwide to train with Elaine Kelman and Alison Nicholas of the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children. 
 

Slaying the Beast

By Kiran Cherukuri
 
The room grew silent. I stood up and walked briskly to the podium. As I looked around nervously, I saw what seemed like a thousand faces staring at me, waiting. I wiped my sweaty palms on the front of my slacks, picked up the paper, and began to speak.
 

Tim Gunn

Now a veteran design consultant and seasoned expert in the fashion industry, Tim Gunn first shot to fame in 2004 as a mentor to contestants on Bravo TV’s popular fashion design competition, Project Runway. Week after week, Gunn caught the audience’s attention with his signature catchphrase, “Make it work.” However, Gunn had some trouble following his own advice as a child growing up in Washington, D.C.

B.B. King

B.B. King was born Riley B. King in 1925. Listed as number three on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time, King's career and accomplishments are legendary, yet his stuttering has received scant attention over the years.

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