Employment

Debbie talks about teaching others that people who stammer can be good communicators.

Ali tells us his story of progressing at work and enjoying a successful international career, and settling down with his wife and children.

Emma talks about learning to accept stammering and staying upbeat and resilient.

If you stammer you can askfor 'reasonable adjustments' to make your job easier. Claire tells us about the adjustments that helped her in meetings.  

Danny shows us the card he made for letting customers know that he stammers when wearing a face mask.

Read Jordan's inspiring story about landing the job of his dreams.

After a hard time at school, Abdiwali tells us how adopting a positive mindset has helped him succeed at work.

Nurse Ben talks about his stammer, changing career, and links between sexual health and stammering.

Tony looks back at a varied life which saw him change careers in his 50s to become a barrister, then a judge.

Writing from the USA, James shares his current state of mind in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, explaining how all the uncertainty, zoom calls and facemask-wearing is taking its toll on his speech and mental health.

Michael Derrig-Adams got into filmmaking after realising carpentry wasn't for him, and wanted his first documentary to be all about his experiences of stammering. He even managed to get Michael Palin to appear. Read about how it went...