Blog Lists | STAMMA

My speech during the Covid-19 pandemic

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.

My Story — 06.07.20

I sometimes feel like I don't fit in

Jessica talks candidly about how her stammer is affecting her social life, relationships and at work, and shares the things she finds helpful.

My Story — 02.07.20

My documentary gave me such a sense of achievement

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...

My Story — 25.06.20

Coaching football helped me embrace my stammer

Michael's stammer used to control his life. Here he tells us how his passion for football led him into a career coaching children and how those children were the ones really coaching him.

My Story — 12.06.20

Speech Therapy in Prison part 2: The Therapist's Story

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.

My Story — 08.06.20

The turning point that made me face my fear

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.

My Story — 02.06.20

I cannot imagine life without my stammer

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.

Work & Job Hunting — 29.05.20

Nothing was going to stop me being a soldier

Think people who stammer can't work in the armed forces? Think again. Ian Edwards Jones served in the British Army for 23 years and here writes about how he rose through the ranks and proved the doubters wrong.