Employment

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...

Michael tells us how his passion for football led him into a career coaching children.

In part one of this three-part article, Mark wrote about his experience of having therapy in prison. Here his speech and language therapist, Stephanie Burgess of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, talks about working with Mark.

When he was told that there was no help available for his stammer, Kirubel Workiye felt alone. Writing from Ethiopia, he explains how going to medical school made him realise that he had to find that help within himself.

Sarah Brooks didn't think she had the attributes needed to get a job. Here she writes about growing in confidence at university and starting up a business, with all the challenges it involves.

Ian writes about how he rose through the Army ranks and proved the doubters wrong.

Despite gaining a postgrad degree, Baffour is finding getting a job difficult.

Read how lockdown has affected Jack's speech and how he got on at a recent online job interview.