Albanian

Pështjellimi Albanian translation of Cluttering: Some Guidelines

vetë-terapia për belbëzim — Albanian translation of Self-Therapy for the Stutterer

Belbëzimi: të bisedojmë sinqerisht me mësimdhënësit — Albanian translation of Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers

Nëse fëmiu juaj belbëzon — Albanian translation of If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents

Nganjëherë unë thjeshtë belbëzoj — Albanian translation of Sometimes I Just Stutter

Mitet lidhur me belbëzimin — Albanian translation of Myths About Stuttering

8 këshilla për mësimdhënës — Albanian translation of 8 Tips for Teachers

Belbëzimi: të bisedojmë sinqerisht mësimdhënësit — Albanian translation of Stuttering: Straight Talk for Teachers

7 këshilla për të folur me fëmiun tuaj — Albanian translation of 7 tips for Parents

Zënka gjatë pushimit — Albanian translation of Trouble at Recess

këshilla për të folur me dikë që belbëzon — Albanian translation of 6 Tips for Speaking with Someone Who Stutters

fëmija që belbëzon: për pediatër — Albanian translation of The child who stutters: to the pediatrician

Translations by the Kosovo Stuttering Association.

CELEBRITY FOCUS

John Stossel

John Stossel is one of the most recognized and articulate reporters today. However, he once considered giving up his broadcasting career because of his stuttering.

“Fear of stuttering can easily become worse than the stuttering itself,” observed Stossel. “The idea that I’m on television and making speeches is still a shock to me sometimes.”

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, is well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones has spoken some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

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.

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.