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Summer 2024 Magazine

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Stuttering Foundation Mourns Passing of Bill Walton

Walton is remembered as a college basketball and NBA legend, broadcaster, and stuttering advocate.
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The Eastern Workshop: Using Cognitive Approaches to Working with People Who Stutter took place in Boston, Massachusetts.
Unlocking the Genetics of Stuttering

Researchers have linked a newly discovered gene to persistent stuttering into adulthood, giving hope to those with severe speech disorders.
Gerald Ford: American President and a Person Who Stuttered

The American public is well aware of Joe Biden's childhood stuttering. But did you know about President Gerald Ford?
One Size Does Not Fit All

John Stossel and Emily Blunt discuss their stuttering struggles and strategies.
Speeding & Stuttering

NASCAR driver Mason Massey discusses stuttering and his career
The World's First Female Speech Therapist

Charles Van Riper was renowned in the field of speech pathology. His wife, Catherine Jane "Katy" "C.J." Hull Van Riper, was a pioneer in her own right.
One Size Does Not Fit All

John Stossel and Emily Blunt discuss their stuttering struggles and strategies.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

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.

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.

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.

Carly Simon

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

Famous People Who Stutter