On perseverance and adaptation
Stuttering requires patience and adaptation. Know when to give yourself a break and allow time to recover.
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MY STUTTER shares incredible stories from teens and adults around the world who stutter, inspiring young people who stutter to overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams. MY STUTTER also helps educate the world about the unimaginable fear and cruelty that often face children who stutter and unites us all through the common threads of compassion and kindness.
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Stuttering requires patience and adaptation. Know when to give yourself a break and allow time to recover.
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Even after 60 years, I can recall the fear that night that rolled through my stomach in pulsating knots. It’s the late 1950s and I’m at my first two-week summer camp in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
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Jeremy Hays – I stared out to the railing of the balcony, a spotlight setting my chest ablaze. My stomach and ribs expanded, and hot air rushed into my throat. My arm raised a pointed finger toward the light...
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Dear Cracker Barrel, On October 25th, 2016, our friend Noah—a 16-year-old Camp SAY Camper who stutters—walked into the Cracker Barrel in Bardstown, KY to apply for a retail position, where he says he was met...
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Growing up, I always struggled with my stutter. As a child, I was silenced, bullied, and ashamed about how I spoke, which led me to hide my stutter from other people. Although I struggled with my stuttering, in high...
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Paul Vecker – For most of my life, I have battled against something that I considered an imperfection. I even personalized it and began thinking of it as my imperfection. In the beginning, it wasn’t a battle...
Read MoreAngela Rivera-Monti – Hello, My name is Angela and I stutter. My story is no different from yours. I was bullied, laughed at, and even shunned by several family members. Stuttering was taboo and never spoken of. I...
Read MoreMatthew Hobbs – I started stuttering around age 5, that I can remember. I’ve been to doctors that have said “I would be held back in school”. I have teachers talking behind my back when they...
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Congressman Frank Wolf – I have served in Congress for 17 years. That means I have given thousands of speeches: on the House floor; at graduation ceremonies; at Rotary clubs; on the campaign trail. Public...
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Travis Robertson – The more I tried, the more I failed and the more people noticed, and worried, and sometimes laughed. Meeting new people meant saying my name and I had trouble getting over the ‘R’ hump...
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