STAMILY

For most of my life, I didn’t have a name for the way I spoke; all I knew were the silence that followed when I tried to and the strange looks that came after. I remember the last time I tried to find a name for it. After seven intense days of voice analysis with my second speech therapist, she told me she can’t help me anymore and that I should just keep doing her exercises and hope for the best. Then she wrote me a three-line diagnosis on an A4 sheet. I went home and cried.

Report on the Budapest Stamily Weekend 2025 by the organizers.

In August 2025, I joined a Self-Help meeting with APBS in Dakar, Senegal, and was moved by the courage and warmth of the community. Writing in my blog, I share the challenges of stuttering there and my excitement about future collaborations with Stamily.

This is a story about stepping into the unknown and finding connection, courage and a sense of home far from what is known.

I knew the Youth Exchange was going to be a life changing experience, but I had my doubts. I was not skeptical about the Youth Exchange being a life changing experience for many participants, but I was skeptical about it being a life changing experience for me. I just couldn’t imagine it changing me this drastically.

For most of his life, Steven de Jong (43) was judged for his speech disability. The result: shame, social anxiety, and missed opportunities. Until he discovered the stuttering emancipation movement. ‘For the first time, I feel free to express myself as I am.’

Hanan on writing 'Stuttering - from Shame and Anxiety to Confident Authenticity'.

Report of the 2024 in-person meetup in Prague

Let’s explore a new framework (the PTMF) for psychology and its relevance to the mental distress of stuttering.

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...

Written by Cynthia When I started my journey as a speech therapist working with people who stutter and their families, I realize the...

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...

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...

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...

Written by Jurjen “I run faster than I speak”, this was the quote we used with members from Demosthenes (the Dutch stuttering...

Written by Eduardo I am Eduardo. I have a degree in organizational psychology and working experience in the field of recruitment and...

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,...

Written by: Jhoan Gallego I’m Jhoan, a speech language pathologist specialized in stuttering. I’m the leader of “Speak Freely” (Libera Tu...

Written by Gareth Our voices have the potential to hold conversations, tell a story, and even set the first impression. By using our...

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...