Employment

After plucking up the courage to phone a radio station one night, Roberta made a vow to herself. It's a vow that helped her realise her dreams of moving abroad and teaching art and design.

As someone who stammered, Paul had never considered becoming a teacher. How then did he find himself standing in front of a class of 50 young people?

Growing up, Farissi found that stammering and social anxiety formed an 'endless cycle'. Here he explains how his job as a doctor, and through meeting others, really helped him.

As a child, Tony thought that speaking less would be the best thing because of his stammer. But here he explains how he learnt to push himself to speak.

Semi-retired lecturer Alan tells us his numerous appearing on TV documentaries, and shares some of his passions and stammering pet peeves. 

When she was bullied as a child, Allie found solace in the school music room. Now travelling the world as a professional singer, she urges us not to let stammering hold us back.

After getting help through speech & language therapy, Ade has learned to be himself and embrace the strengths his stammer gives him.

Newly qualified nurse Abbey talks about her hospital training placements, seeing her confidence grow, and how rewarding the experience has been.

When Jamie was being marked down for not saying his company's name when answering phone calls at work, he decided to address his stammer with the training team.

Vicky calls out the recruitment practices that disadvantage people who stammer, and offers some alternatives.

Jack tells us how Covid-19 has affected his year, with uni work and jobs being disrupted, and face coverings and remote working being an issue. Despite that, he reflects on the good things that have happened in 2020 so far.