Through different educational and enrichment activities, the goal isn’t to help with fluency but make sure kids have the confidence to keep communicating despite their challenges.

U.S. President Joe Biden, on April 16, 2024, in Scranton, Pennsylvania; Emily Blunt, right, on May 13, 2024, in New York; inset, "Tongue Tied" by Jason Heffler aims to empower children with a stutter.

Stuttering affects almost 1 percent of the global population, including 3 million in the United States. It typically begins in early childhood as kids are learning to speak and is more common in boys.

Stuttering is not uncommon among adults in the United States, and is more prevalent among children. Sometimes children recover on their own and other times, depending on the level of stuttering, th… ...

Communication is often just the first challenge for children who stutter. Beating the emotional complications that can accompany stuttering can be a much greater obstacle. ?A huge part of managing ...

Paul Rudd held his 11th annual All-Star Bowling Benefit in New York City on Oct. 21 to benefit the Stuttering Association for the Young. The actor tells PEOPLE how a past role got him involved.

When Ben Staub was about 6 years old, his mother told him his dad was going to take him to a Friends Convention for kids who stutter. Ben started to cry and said, "He can't, mommy." He got close ...

CHICAGO — A movie about a stuttering monarch, without sex, car chases or sinewy super heroes, hardly sounds like blockbuster box-office fare. But in a less flashy way, “The King’s… ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A movie about a stuttering monarch, without sex, car chases or sinewy super heroes, hardly sounds like blockbuster box-office fare. But in a less flashy way, "The King's Speech" is ...

A movie about a stuttering monarch, without sex, car chases or sinewy super heroes, hardly sounds like blockbuster box-office fare. But in a less flashy way, “The King’s Speech” is about a ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A movie about a stuttering monarch, without sex, car chases or sinewy super heroes, hardly sounds like blockbuster box-office fare. But in a less flashy way, “The King’s Speech ...