22 Stutter - talk with continued and involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants.


Hi, my name is Jordan, and I stutter. I am 14 and I have been stuttering since I was about six. People always ask me if my stuttering bothers me. Yes, it can be annoying sometimes, but I’m never really bothered by it. Stuttering is part of who I am, and I wouldn’t be the same without it. I never have really been teased or made fun of, maybe just an occasional locker room joke, but that’s mainly all fun and games. Stuttering sometimes can be a positive thing. A lot of people don’t actually know what stuttering is. It helps spring up conversations with people you don’t know. Talking and knowing you’re going to stutter can be a motivator to bring you out of your comfort zone. It has really helped me with confidence which can lead to making more friends. Don’t be ashamed of who you are. Live life loud. Amplify what makes you, you.


Jordan H., 14, from Bremen, GA


I Think I’ll Get Better I have stuttered since I was


STUTTERING IS SAD SOMETIMES


My name is C’Nya. I am 6 years old. I am in first grade. I go to Garin Ele- mentary in Brentwood. I have been stuttering since I was 3. When I stutter it is sad some- times. You are not the only one on Earth who stutters. Don’t cry!


C’Nya, 6 Brentwood, CA


two years old. When I stutter I feel angry at myself or sometime I feel really sad and embarrassed. I stutter the most around adults and my friends. It is random.


My family tries to make me stop stuttering because


they don’t like it. My friends wonder why I do it.


I think I’ll get better but never stop stuttering


completely. I can get better


by practicing with my speech therapist and talking to my dog and nephew. I don’t stutter when I talk to them.


Maksim, 10 Sedalia, MO


Why Do People Stutter?


My name is Marshall. When I started stuttering I thought it was a germ that made me stutter.


That made me


feel really sad. Until I found out that it actually wasn’t because of a germ. After 4 years of speech I got used to stuttering but I still don’t want to stutter.


help other kids that stutter.


don’t want people to go away when I speak because I have important things to say. My biggest question


is, why


do people stutter??? Please write back.


Marshall, 9 Hastings, MN


I want to I


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Some people see what their brain forges through imagination, courage, persistence, defiance, knowledge and creativity. Those few dreamers, believers and successors we will ourselves to be, but never become. I wish to become one, and do, in my ability, whatever I can to have my voice heard.


Eric, 12 Worcester, MA


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