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

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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.

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.

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Sample of a classroom presentation on stuttering (PowerPoint file) by Loryn McGill

Checklist for clinicians to determine if a student is at a therapeutic level for a self-disclosure classroom presentation (PDF file) by Loryn McGill

The Teacher Who Made a Difference by Corinne M. Litzenberg is now available as a free download.

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Contact: Jane Fraser
info@StutteringHelp.org
901-761-0343

Generations of Genius and Stuttering

Over the years, many Celebrity Corner articles in our newsletter have profiled people who stutter who have family members who also stutter, which of course is a strong testament to the genetic basis of stuttering. For instance, Lewis Carroll had ten siblings, eight of whom stuttered into adulthood.