Lessons from a life with a stutter
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written by Iñaki Sánchez My name is Iñaki, and I live in North Spain. Now I am 55, and never in my life have I known what it feels like...
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
Just listen!
Written by Cynthia When I started my journey as a speech therapist working with people who stutter and their families, I realize the...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
The conflict between striving for fluency and accepting your stutter
written by Oskari Piilonen For a person who stutters it isn’t always easy to be comfortable with your own stutter. I thought I was in...
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
How I reframed my speech difficulties to be who I wanted to be
Written by Denis de Jesus Batista Speech and voice are brushes and we choose which painting we want to express. I, for example, chose the...
- Jul 5, 2021
- 9 min
A Conversation on Dysfluent Art
Written by Patrick Campbell It was a cold and windy day at the end of lockdown three here in the UK when Paul and I set out to record...
- Jun 20, 2021
- 2 min
“I run faster than I speak”
Written by Jurjen “I run faster than I speak”, this was the quote we used with members from Demosthenes (the Dutch stuttering...
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
Stuttering in the workplace
Written by Eduardo I am Eduardo. I have a degree in organizational psychology and working experience in the field of recruitment and...
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Being a speech language therapist who stutters? YES!
Knowing exactly what I want to say and not being able to say it has been one of the biggest challenges of my life. I am Alexandra Torrez,...
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
How I turned stuttering into my motivation
Written by: Jhoan Gallego I’m Jhoan, a speech language pathologist specialized in stuttering. I’m the leader of “Speak Freely” (Libera Tu...
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
Pitch … perfect?
Written by Gareth Our voices have the potential to hold conversations, tell a story, and even set the first impression. By using our...
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Inclusion for us who stutter
Written by Alejandro When I was at school I had to go through very complicated moments related to my stuttering. Before the age of 16 I...
- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
Stuttering and Unwelcome: the experience in schools in East Africa
By: Dieudonne Nsabimana Coordinator of the African Stuttering Centre and a member of the International Stuttering Association Board of...
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Working for people who stutter in South America
Written by Angélica Bernabé It’s not a secret that there is a lack of updated information about stuttering around the world. As a result,...
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Animation about eyecontact
Willemijn created this beautiful animation about struggling with keeping eye contact as someone who stutters. “The past months, I noticed...
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
“Stuttering is everything you do not to stutter”
Nice to meet you all! My name is Charlotte Roggeman. I am 22 years old and I live in Belgium. I call myself a “full time stutterer” which...
- Aug 18, 2020
- 3 min
The ultimate level of acceptance
Written by Rik Apparently, I talk in my sleep. That I have a tendency for sleepwalking, I have already known for years, but recently...
- Jul 20, 2020
- 2 min
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”
Written by Therese This simple question have been, and is still, very helpful for me. Let me explain why. Fear has followed me almost my...
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
Adaptation and confrontation
Written by Ronan New situations can be many things. They can give us opportunities for change or provide us with excuses to avoid....
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Mylan (20) wrote a book on his stutter to help others
My name is Mylan. I stutter and I wrote a book about it. I started writing almost two years ago. When I was a teenager, I was very...
- Feb 2, 2020
- 2 min
Alok Kundnani
Hello, It’s Alok Kundnani, born and raised in the capital city New Delhi, India. A software engineer by profession but a writer by...
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