“Stuttering puts you in a very dark place. You stay there for such a long time that you don’t think you’ll ever be successful. Because that’s what you were told your entire life. But that’s just not true. There have been many successful people who … Continue readingHe reaches out to help through ‘My Stuttering Life’
“My parents would always tell me to slow down. Because as a stutterer, when you are trying to speak, you want to get everything out in one breath. But you can’t really do that. And when you stutter, all of your organs are so tense … Continue readingThere’s no ‘magic pill’ for someone who stutters
“When I was 5 years old, I was walking home from school one day when a German Shepherd attacked me. He jumped on me and bit my leg. From that point on, because of the shock and trauma, I stopped speaking for a while. When … Continue readingChildhood trauma leads to life of stuttering
I met this young man on the Lee College campus, where we spent a few minutes discussing his passion: music. A member of his church and school choirs growing up, he plans to major in music education. “I always had a good music teacher show … Continue readingMusic is his favorite form of communication