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Dr. Dennis Drayna, NIDCD, Explores Developments
in Genetics and Neuroscience of Stuttering

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Greg Wilson
greg@CurleyCompany.com
571-239-7474

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Greg Wilson
571-239-7474
greg@CurleyCompany.com

MEMPHIS, TENN. (May 1, 2019) —With nearly 100 million visitors each year and inquiries from more than 137 countries around the world, the Stuttering Foundation's website has become the leading global source of information on stuttering.

And now it's even better. Just in time for National Stuttering Awareness Week, May 13 through May 19, we have launched the new StutteringHelp.org.

Francine du Plessix Gray was a French-American writer known for being a "Jane of all trades," writing everything from fiction to reports to literary essays and numerous biographies. However, she was never fond of this title. In a 1982 piece with The New York Times Book Review in which she was tasked with describing her development as a writer, Mrs. Gray provided a harsh self-assessment.

Kimberly Garvin is a 5^th grade English teacher, manager of her son's non-profit Lllet Me Finish, and a published author of both adult fiction and children's literature. Kimberly is a mother of two, Sydni who lives in Atlanta, and Saadiq who lives with her (and Charlie Brown, their dog) in New Jersey.

At just 9 years old, Saadiq Wicks started his foundation Lllet Me Finish. By age 13, he was on his way to becoming a published author. Now he's working on a sequel to his book When Oliver Speaks while finishing his junior year of high school.

As lead singer of The Who, Roger Daltrey provided lead vocals for "My Generation," the 1965 anthem which is considered to be the most famous of the many rock songs with stuttering vocals.

Joan Melinda Warner, age 62, died on New Year's Eve 2018. Joan has worked at the Stuttering Foundation since 2004.

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Somerset Maugham was the most famous writer in the world. He was known everywhere for his superb short stories and for his novels.