This story was originally published on Passionfruit. Before 2020, Ryleigh Spets used TikTok mainly to make fun lip sync videos or try out the newest internet trends. She didn’t talk much about her ...
Stuttering is a speech disorder that can cause a person to repeat, interrupt, or prolong sounds, syllables, or words when trying to speak. About 3 million children and adults in the United States are ...
Tom Sherrod, an ordained United Methodist minister, loathed to “declare” a couple man and wife. As a stutterer, Sherrod always had problems with hard “c” sounds, and the “c” in declare was a doozy. “P ...
Syracuse, N.Y. – When Demetris Nichols was young, his family moved around a lot. From Roxbury to Dorchester to Roxbury. All around Boston. Always moving. Which meant going to a new school many times ...
Char Adams is a Human Interest writer and reporter at PEOPLE. She also writes about her experiences on her blog and vlog, The Stuttering Journalist. I’m one of the three million people in the United ...
On Sunday, one of President Joe Biden’s top congressional allies defended his poor debate performance, blaming it on “preparation overload” and his stutter. “I have been a part of debate preparation ...
Jason Heffler, the author of a new children's book Tongue Tied, is encouraging celebrities to speak out about their stutters because kids who struggle with the speech impediment still feel isolated.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has been outspoken about his stutter and last night at the Democratic National Convention, a young boy with a stutter shared a story about how Biden had ...
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Stuttering was a fascinating topic to write about last week. I spoke with a 30 year old who stutters, and even though he is married and has a doctorate degree and two prestigious jobs, he said his ...