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Your Voice

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Your Voice

Your articles on life with a stammer

Stories, articles, opinions, poems, art and more from people who stammer. Read about their stammering experiences.

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He said 'Do you want to get your mummy to talk for you?'

Wed, 22/10/2025
Claire tells us how challenging phone calls can be, and shares one call where the operator belittled her for stammering.
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Phone calls
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They said, 'You obviously have some connection issues'

Wed, 22/10/2025
Dilpreet tells us how challenging phone calls can be for him.
Your Voice
Phone calls
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It became an endless loop. I had to hang up

Wed, 22/10/2025
Being reliant on the phone, Chris shares his concerns about AI systems that don't recognise stammering.
Your Voice
Phone calls
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The receptionist assumes it's a hoax call and hangs up

Wed, 22/10/2025
Jon tells us how inaccessible booking GP appointments is with a stammer.
Your Voice
Phone calls
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Training to be a counsellor as someone who stammers

Fri, 17/10/2025
Paul tells us how deciding to work in mental health made him face his fears around stammering.
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My Story
Employment
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A year of empowering voices

Tue, 14/10/2025
After starting up a new stammering course last year, Ian tells us how rewarding the last 12 months have been.
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My Story
A woman looking at the camera

Learning how to portray stammering for my play

Thu, 09/10/2025
Writer Jenifer tells us what she learnt when she consulted a person who stammers for her play Tall Storey.
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Arts
Opinion
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The voice of the voiceless

Mon, 06/10/2025
When Trevor was judged because he stammered, he made a promise that fired him up to achieve.
Your Voice
My Story
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My autobiographical play 'Lucifer'

Wed, 01/10/2025
Roger tells us how a negative speaking experience at work inspired his play, which is showing in London this month.
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My Story
Arts
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Singing helped build my confidence

Fri, 26/09/2025
Janet tells us about feeling isolated at school with a stammer, and how music changed everything.
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My Story
Arts
A man standing in front of a waterfall and smiling

Don't hide away at uni if you stammer

Wed, 24/09/2025
Dylan tells us how nervous he was about starting university, but how accepting everyone has been.
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School & University
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Alcohol became a crutch for stammering

Mon, 22/09/2025
John opens up about turning to drink to cope with stammering, and how he grew more resilient over time.
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My Story