Your Voice

I was on First Dates!

As it's Valentine's Day on Friday, we'll be putting up romance-themed articles every day this week. Today, brave Paul Thompson talks about his experience on the Channel 4 show.

My Story — 05.02.20

If you meet me you won’t even know that I stammer

Sabir Ahmed describes the challenges of having a covert stammer and talks about being part of the Civil Service Stammering Network.

My Story — 31.01.20

Poem: 'Stammering is me'

By Beth Watson

My Story — 29.01.20

My life right now

Jamie Lewis Rennie shares his story so far and tells us what's on his mind about dating, socialising, therapy and job-hunting with a stammer.

My Story — 24.01.20

40 years of self-managing my stammer

As a teenager, Richard Smith's self-consciousness really held him back. But through his life experiences after leaving school, including speaking to farmers about muck-spreading and his time on a kibbutz in Israel, he found ways to cope.

School & University — 21.01.20

Word substitution rarely worked when I spoke French

When Claire Norman chose to study French at university, she knew it would it would have its challenges. Here she writes about developing social phobia and how her placement in France made her realise she couldn't hide away any longer.

Work & Job Hunting — 15.01.20

It’s what you say, not how you say it

Colin Mitchell sat down at the event he organised, feeling inadequate about his speech. But then someone took to the stage and proved that stammering doesn't make you a bad public speaker...

Opinion — 10.01.20

2020: the Year for our voices

Callum Schofield tells us about finding peace with his stammer last year and how it's inspired him to make big plans for 2020.

Opinion — 07.01.20

My New Year's Resolution

For the last four years, Phillip Cole's stammering-based New Year's resolutions haven't lasted very long (until the end of January, usually). What has he resolved to do for 2020?