ROCK HILL, N.Y. -- When Matt Hobbs first showed up at Camp Our Time a year ago, he barely spoke. Even surrounded by other young stutterers, maybe it didn't make sense for a teen with as severe an ...
(KWWL) - According to the National Institute of Health, stuttering affects millions of Americans, including children. Although it's an unsettling time The Stuttering Foundation is encouraging families ...
When Evan Usler was just 6 years old, he knew his stuttering would persist into adulthood. He was among the one in 10 children who develop a stutter at a young age. Most children who stutter recover ...
At a Tennessee summer camp, children who stutter find acceptance and build confidence in their communication skills. Its purpose isn't to get rid of their stutters, but let them be themselves. It's ...
I felt regretful taking out my earphones before entering the classroom. It was because my favorite lyric was about to play. I ...
MOORHEAD, Minn. - Grant Peterson is a friendly, outgoing guy who loves to talk. It just takes him longer to get the words out. The 20-year-old college student has been stuttering for as long as he can ...
"What somebody who stutters has to say is just as important as what anybody else has to say: It just might take them a little longer to get it out.” As his peers prepared for another school year, then ...
Nov. 2—Former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist knows about the taunting children who stutter face. "I've stuttered my entire life," said Kidd-Gilchrist, who won a national championship with the ...
Most cases of stuttering actually begin during childhood. One of the major causes of stuttering is genetics; it runs in families, and a male child is more likely to stutter than a female child.
The speech disorder can play havoc with sociability, relationships, even identity, but there are ways to handle it. By Benedict Carey For a couple of minutes on Thursday, the sprawling, virtual ...
In a convention filled with stirring testimonials, apocalyptic warnings and soaring appeals to unity, a 13-year-old with a stutter made the most eloquent case for why Joe Biden should be the next ...