I am 16 and have a stutter. Here’s what most people don’t understand. When someone is stuttering, you might feel like avoiding eye contact or saying words for them to move the conversation along.

Therapy can help some people speak more easily and accept that they sometimes stutter, Yaruss said. Encouraging society to ...

Ongoing studies looking at differences between children and adults who stutter could help illuminate the core deficits that are associated with the onset of stuttering. About 1 in 100 people ...

How to help people who stutter John Hendrickson, author of the recently-released memoir "Life on Delay," has also written about his experience as someone who stutters , including what he knows ...

Self-help groups enable people to discover additional resources and supports for stuttering. For more information, see the National Stuttering Association’s list of local chapters . Stuttering ...

For children, teens, and adults who stutter, speech-language pathologists may work on a number of aspects related to stuttering, including self-advocacy, acceptance, stuttering with less tension and ...

Since 1947, the Stuttering Foundation has continuously expanded its services to reach anyone, anywhere, engaging millions of people in 168 countries and providing up-to-date information and help for ...

With no cure, support groups help people who stutter by: Anna Skog. Posted: Oct 24, 2023 / 04:27 PM EDT. Updated: Oct 24, 2023 / 07:27 PM EDT.

Tuesday marks International Stuttering Awareness Day. Stuttering affects more that 80 million people worldwide and more than 3 million Americans. Founded in 1947, the Stuttering Foundation has ...

However, most people who stutter have what is known as developmental stuttering, which first arises in childhood, around ages 2 to 5, but disappears in up to 90% of children before adulthood.

It took me 29 years to ‘come out’ as a woman who stutters. I now help others do the same. What can you do to foster stuttering pride and create a stronger system for verbal diversity?