Advice to Those Who Stutter

Breitenfeldt, Ramig, Murphy, Van Riper, et al.

This is a remarkable book of therapy advice. What makes it unique is that every article has been written by men and women who stutter themselves.

Each of them has been `through the mill' and knows what it is to have experienced the fear, anxiety, and despair which is so often the lot of those who stutter.

Each specializes in the treatment of stuttering and each relates what he or she believes will help you. Twenty-eight specialists including Van Riper, Sheehan, Breitenfeldt, Ramig, Molt, Quesal, Manning, St. Louis, Rentschler, Starbuck, Gregory, Sheehan,and many more. 158 pages

"I use this book in my class and in my stuttering program. The chapters are highly personal. They give advice but are also highly motivating. I find adults who stutter are really encouraged by it!" Diane Hill, Northwestern University

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA’s All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.

Ken Venturi

As much of the nation watches the U.S. Open Golf Championship, it is impossible not to think about our late friend Ken Venturi. Ken overcame many challenges to win the Open at Congressional in 1964 and go on to become the voice of golf for more than three decades.

However, Ken faced no bigger obstacle than stuttering. Ken Venturi was a champion to those who stutter, going out of his way to share his personal experience when consulted by a colleague, friend, or child who stutters.

Carly Simon

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

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

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.