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Remembering Leon 'Jigger' Sirois

The Stuttering Foundation has lost a longtime friend and tireless ambassador.
Powerful Voices, Remarkable Stories: Our Fall Issue Is Here!

Discover inspiring personal stories, expert insights, and valuable resources in the newest issue of our magazine.
Jane Fraser on 'Community Matters' Radio Program

Stuttering Foundation President discusses common misconceptions about stuttering, how parents can support children who stutter, and the importance of listening patiently and valuing every person's voice.
Let's Turn Halloween into an Awareness Event for Adults Who Answer the Door

5 ways to help children who stutter enjoy Halloween.
Share A Halloween Welcome

This handout offers three simple reminders for those handing out candy.
Halloween Stickers

A sticker can open a conversation about stuttering at the front door, in the classroom or at a trunk-or-treat event.
How Acting Helped Emily Blunt Find Her Voice

Emily Blunt has spoken openly for nearly two decades about her experiences with stuttering and how acting helped her gain confidence as a young person.
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.

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.

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.

Carly Simon

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

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn't realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.

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.

Famous People Who Stutter