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Your articles on life with a stammer
Stories, articles, opinions, poems, art and more from people who stammer. Read about their stammering experiences.
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Mon, 09/03/2020
To celebrate yesterday's International Women's Day, one of our longest-standing and most active volunteers Christine Simpson talks about rising through the ranks in her profession, feminism, starting a group for women who stammer, and what helps her.
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Fri, 06/03/2020
Leon Redway talks about his therapy experiences — good and bad — which have helped him through school and in his career, and how it's ultimately helped him accept who he is.
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Wed, 04/03/2020
Having studied in Spain, Ronan Miller believes that some behaviours of people who stammer can actually help in learning a foreign language, and offers ten tips.
Thu, 20/02/2020
The effects a stammer can have are laid bare in this article by Paul, who talks about the years he spent hiding his stammer.
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Wed, 05/02/2020
Sabir describes the challenges of having a covert stammer and talks about being part of the Civil Service Stammering Network.
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Fri, 24/01/2020
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.
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Fri, 10/01/2020
Callum tells us about finding peace with his stammer last year and how it's inspired him to make big plans for 2020.
Thu, 12/12/2019
Pavlos Klapsis talks about what it feels like to have a sibling who stammers, something which he says isn't talked about much, and how it influenced his decision to become a speech & language therapist.
Tue, 10/12/2019
John Hannon writes about breaking free from a life spent trying to hide his stammer.
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Fri, 29/11/2019
Watch Erin Stoner's speech about stammering, which won top prize at a youth speaking competition.
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Tue, 26/11/2019
When Martin said he wanted to become a football coach, some questioned whether he could do it because he stammered.
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Thu, 21/11/2019
Daniele Rossi tells the true story from childhood that inspired one of his Franky Banky comic strips. Things have changed since then, he explains…
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