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Your Voice

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Your Voice

Your articles on life with a stammer

Articles from STAMMA supporters from across the stammering community. Read peoples' experiences, opinions and things that have helped. Check out our Creative Corner too, for poems, art, music and more.

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What's needed from organisations is patience

Thu, 20/11/2025
Helen tells us about the impatient response to her stammer when calling her doctor's for an appointment.
Your Voice
Phone calls
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I changed my name

Mon, 17/11/2025
Kelly tells us about the lengths she went to in order to avoid stammering.
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My Story
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Reflecting on my natural voice: Youth Exchange 2025

Wed, 12/11/2025
James tells us how an event for young people who stammer helped him reflect on how he feels about his speech.
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My Story
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My 'suit of armour' stammering analogy

Wed, 05/11/2025
Speech & language therapist Susie writes about evolving from the iceberg analogy into a new one of her own.
Your Voice
Opinion
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A gift to be found: my son's stammer

Wed, 29/10/2025
Despite feeling worried when her son started stammering, Katherine believes it has enriched both their lives.
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Parenting
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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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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.
Your Voice
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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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
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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