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New Caseloads Bring a Critical Opportunity to Support Students Who Stutter

Stuttering Foundation offers school-based SLPs free tools to identify hidden challenges, build confidence and coordinate support from the start.
Back to the Basics: The ABCs of Stuttering

In The ABCs of Stuttering, students courageously share what it's like to stutter, how it makes them feel, and how it affects their participation at school.
Remembering Tommy John

He was a baseball legend and friend to the stuttering community.
For Many Kids, the 'Scariest Day of the Year' is the First Day of School

Kids are just getting out of school for the summer, but for many parents and teachers, it's already time to start preparing for going back to class.
Resources for College Students and Young Adults

Life after high school is an exciting but nerve-wracking time. It's a point in your life where you may feel unsettled or anxious about what's to come.
Put it in Writing

Sharpen awareness. Start conversations. Spread the word about stuttering.
Back to School: The Video Every Parent and Teacher Should See

As families and teachers prepare for the start of school, stuttering in the classroom, the lunchroom, and the playground remain challenging and problematic for many.
Back-to-School Resources

Your homework this week: Check out our resources for parents and teachers.
Students Who Stutter Carry an Invisible Burden

The Stuttering Foundation is here to help by offering a comprehensive collection of free back-to-school resources, including videos, classroom strategies, printable materials and expert guidance.
Resources for Teachers

Back-to-school time is just around the corner.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., who passed away in 2018, was an explorer, wildlife conservationist, and author. He established the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar, which is about the size of the state of Vermont.

His love for animals began when he was very young.

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David's hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.

Winston Churchill

Seeking to "remove Winston Churchill's stutter by second guessing the diagnosis" indicates neither a truthful retelling of history nor an informed opinion about a complex speech disorder, say experts in the field of speech-language pathology.

Recent news reports that quote Dr. John Mather, a Washington physician, as saying that Churchill's stutter "is a lie" brought adamant critical response from specialists in the field of stuttering and fluency disorders.

Famous People Who Stutter