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Tool to Use with Clients Reading "Paperboy"

Chapter-by-chapter "Book Club Clinical Tool" explores every facet of the messages in the book Paperboy.
Baseball Player Speaks Freely About Stuttering

"Go out there and own it," says Dylan Rosa of the Erie SeaWolves
John Lee Hooker's Stuttering Highlighted in New Documentary

John Lee Hooker's stutter caught fellow Blues music legend Buddy Guy by surprise, according to a new documentary.
Emily Blunt Stars in New Disney Movie 'Jungle Cruise'

One of the stuttering community's biggest supporters and herself a person who stutters, Emily Blunt, returns to the big screen with the release of Jungle Cruise.
International Conference on Stuttering

The 2021 International Conference on Stuttering will be held Oct. 14-16 in Gubbio, Italy.
Richard Condon

Acclaimed novelist Richard Condon joins the list of little-known celebrities who stutter.
Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb's name appears on some lists of famous people who stutter, but unlike others, there is very little written about Cobb's life as a person who stuttered.
"It Won't Stop You"

Aussie Billionaire Has Message For Kids Who Stutter
Q&A with Philanthropist and Speaker

Justin Blackstone is a an advisor to the Boy Scouts of America National Foundation.
Temperament and Teens

Temperament and the Impact of Stuttering in Children Aged 8-14 Years

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

Carly Simon

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

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.

Bob Love

The late Bob Love dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his "talking" on the basketball court.

Bill Walton

From BillWalton.com

Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

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.

Famous People Who Stutter