Your Voice

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.

Meeting other people who stammer transformed the way Kaitlin viewed her speech. Here she challenges the idea that she has to conform to expectations of fluency.

When Pearl chose to write about stammering to get into her first choice university, little did she know that she would end up connecting with part of her identity she’d never felt before.

Patrick argues for introducing new language to change public attitudes and perceptions of stammering.

Last month we shared a poem from Sam, which made him something of a celebrity. But when he saw one headline describe him as a sufferer, Sam and his mum Victoria decided to do something about it.

Certain comments about James's stammer left a mark when he first heard them. But he's since learnt to look at them and respond in a different way, seeing them instead as an opportunity to inform people about stammering.

Can theatre change public attitudes to people who stammer? Catherine set out to explore this with the play 'Unspoken'.

To coincide with our campaign 'Find The Right Words', Louise talks about the power of words and their impact on her.

Phillip argues that for society's attitudes to change, we need to educate people and make them look at their language and reactions to those who stammer.

Christine talks about the words that have had an impact on her. and urges people to think before they speak.