Stuttering Foundation Co-sponsors Oxford Dysfluency Conference

The Stuttering Foundation will once again be a co-sponsor of the 12^th Oxford Dysfluency Conference, which will take place online January 7 and 8, 2021.

The Oxford Dysfluency Conference is one of the leading international scientific conferences in the field of stuttering. It brings together prominent researchers and clinicians to discuss innovative research and clinical practices.

This year’s speakers include Frank Guenther, Boston University; Ellen Kelly, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Vivian Sisskin, University of Maryland; Kate Watkins, University of Oxford; and Ali Berquez, Michael Palin Centre for Stammering.

Conference topics include:

Conceptualizing stuttering
Genetics, brain, and neurophysiology
More than speech
Cluttering, acquired stuttering, and atypical disfluencies,
Working with people who stutter

The Stuttering Foundation has been a longtime supporter of the Oxford Dysfluency Conference.

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Carly Simon

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

Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., who passed away in 2018, was an explorer, wildlife conservationist, and author. He established the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar, which is about the size of the state of Vermont.

His love for animals began when he was very young.

Winston Churchill

Seeking to "remove Winston Churchill's stutter by second guessing the diagnosis" indicates neither a truthful retelling of history nor an informed opinion about a complex speech disorder, say experts in the field of speech-language pathology.

Recent news reports that quote Dr. John Mather, a Washington physician, as saying that Churchill's stutter "is a lie" brought adamant critical response from specialists in the field of stuttering and fluency disorders.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.