Your Voice

With The Prince's Trust Awards taking place last week, Gideon, a winner from the 2019 ceremony, tells us how he turned a corner with his stammer, and how a near fatal attack led to him becoming a motivational speaker and a youth mentor. 

Alistair tells us how the lack of stories about people who stammer led him to write and illustrate his own children's book 'Taming the Alphabet'.

When Craig started stammering in his 40s, his therapist put it down to Functional Neurological Disorder. But what exactly is it?

Read Rachel's brilliantly creative visual puzzle poem, written after reaching a place where she can talk openly about her stammer.

Working on a suicide helpline has led Bill to wonder how prevalent the issue is within the stammering community.

Read Nicole's poem inspired by her friend, about people's misconceptions and attitudes to stammering, as well as coming to terms with and accepting it.

After a lifetime feeling ashamed of his stammer, Tim says a revolution is needed if we want things to change.

Jack's passion for broadcasting has led him to work on TV shows including Newsround, Blue Peter and Say Yes To The Dress. It's all about dreaming big and working hard, he says.

What would Anita say to her younger self, worried about her stammer and her place in the world? Read her poem.

Saadhika tells us how psychological approaches to therapy helped her to deal with a difficult time in her life.

Chris tells us about starting to see his stammering from other peoples' perspective.