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Your Voice

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Your Voice

Your articles on life with a stammer

Articles from STAMMA supporters from across the stammering community. Read peoples' experiences, opinions and things that have helped. Check out our Creative Corner too, for poems, art, music and more.

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Your voice
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Echo what matters

Thu, 22/05/2025
Actor and filmmaker Bryson tells us about his short film inspired by his journey with stammering. Watch it here.
Your Voice
Arts
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A journey of no sound

Thu, 15/05/2025
Peter tells us about the fear and anxiety he felt growing up with a stammer.
Your Voice
My Story
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My stand-up video: A Tight Five Hours

Fri, 09/05/2025
Ewan tells us how doing stand-up comedy helped him come to terms with his stammer, and the video he made about it.
Your Voice
My Story
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How I began to enjoy sharing my voice

Wed, 07/05/2025
Thinusha tells us how attending a public speaking club transformed his confidence.
Your Voice
My Story
Employment
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Most people are kinder & more patient than we think

Wed, 30/04/2025
Although growing up with a stammer was challenging for Arthur, things got better over time, as he explains here.
Your Voice
My Story
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A safe space to stammer: my poster

Thu, 24/04/2025
Becca tells us about her initiative to help patients who stammer at her dental practice feel more comfortable.
Your Voice
Opinion
Employment
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How stammering has helped me get the best from my team

Tue, 15/04/2025
Stuart tells us how stammering has made him a better leader and what helps with presentations.
Your Voice
Employment
My Story
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The Army has always been supportive of my stammer

Tue, 08/04/2025
Luke writes about joining the Army, day-to-day speaking situations and what helps him with his speech.
Your Voice
My Story
Employment
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It's vital stammered voices like mine are in the media

Tue, 01/04/2025
Piers tells us about being the media's go-to climate expert, and what stammering has given him.
Your Voice
Opinion
Employment
My Story
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Stammering in literature

Tue, 25/03/2025
Elisabeth has had enough of the way authors use stammering as a literary device.
Your Voice
Opinion
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The dreaded first impression

Thu, 20/03/2025
Tess, on reactions to her stammer when meeting new people, and the one-liners she uses to bring it up in conversation.
Your Voice
My Story
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What the neurodiversity affirming movement's taught me about stammering

Tue, 18/03/2025
Joe talks about the shifting attitudes towards autism and its possible lessons for the stammering community.
Your Voice
Opinion