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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

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe, according to Wikipedia, is known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2025) by her death in 1962.

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."

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

Famous People Who Stutter