More News

Harvey Keitel’s Path to Hollywood Success
Actor's life story reveals how a childhood marked by severe stuttering evolved into a career defined by artistic achievement and resilience.
Letters & Drawings from Kids
Be inspired by the latest mail sent to us.
Our Spring 2026 Magazine
From heartfelt letters by kids to engaging research and celebrity articles, there’s always something to discover in our new 62-page magazine.
#NSAW2026: The Stuttering Foundation—The World’s Most Trusted Resource on Stuttering
We are reaching more than 181 countries and territories.
Kendrick Lamar Sets Record for Most Rap Grammy’s with 27
Lamar never let his stutter hold him back. “As a kid, I used to stutter. I think that’s why I put my energy into making music. That’s how I get my thoughts out.”
‘American Idol’ Sneak Peek Highlights an Audition Hopeful Who Overcomes a Stutter
“When I was singing that song, I was thinking of younger me who wouldn’t speak in class, who was scared of what people thought of him. The fact that I got this, it’s just proof that everything’s working out how it should.”
Meet Dongmyung Ahn
"Stuttering doesn’t need to keep you from doing what you love, or keep you from making friends..."
Carol Kaye: Legendary American Musician & Bass Player
Women and girls who stutter have a role model in Carol Kaye, whose brilliant and highly documented 65-year of immense success speaks for itself.
Meet Shalom Goodman
"I don’t like the term successful, since most people equate success with money. I feel that success is the constant struggle to do what is right."
Creed Bratton
When people who stutter watch The Office, they can take pride in knowing that this multi-talented individual is a fellow person who stutters.

Pages

CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.