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Q&A with Raphael Stark

"I presently live in Honolulu, Hawaii; where I was born and raised. I am a homeschooled student beginning my senior year this fall. I am also the President of a nonprofit I founded in 2021 called CHATS: Caring For Hawaii Teens With Speech Challenges."
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With the right approach, self-therapy can be effective.
Help Spread the Word About Stuttering

Stuttering Awareness Week is May 12-18, 2025
What We Didn't Know About Mel Tillis

We all know what a superstar and a legend Mel Tillis was in the country music world. But you might be surprised at some interesting parts of his life that are little-known.
Update on Eamonn Hubert

We first interviewed Eamonn Hubert in 2019 when he was on tour with the Broadway musical "School of Rock." We recently caught up with him to learn about how things are going.
DJ Fluencee Writes Children's Book on Stuttering

We first interviewed Jason Heffler back in 2019 when he was on tour as DJ Fluencee. Recently, we caught up with him to learn what new projects he's been working on.
Maggie O'Farrell

Meet The Best-Selling Author Who Shares About Her Stuttering
Remembering James Earl Jones

"He was a faithful friend, for many decades, to the Stuttering Foundation, and a true advocate for the stuttering community."
Meet Mitch Guerra, a contestant on "Survivor"

The elementary school teacher from Waco, Texas, is one of 18 contestants on 48^th season of "Survivor."
Our podcast just got even better — earn credit with our first ASHA CE course episode!

Season 6: Episode 15 — Preparing Adolescents Who Stutter for Life After High School Through Transition Planning

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James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

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.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt's name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

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