Gabriel’s Stuttering Story


I don’t like stuttering. When I stutter I get upset at it a little. And I start to calm down because I do things that are fun, like drawing. Sometimes when I am upset with my stuttering I walk up the stairs of my house and I play games by myself. Sometimes, when I say “Yeay!” I stutter a little. When I stutter I don’t like it. I started to stutter when I was 5 or 6. Sometimes I say, “Stuttering won’t kill you!” I feel better about my stutter when I ride my bike outside. Sometimes when I read out loud I stutter, or when I ask questions. Sometimes I stutter the whole word.


I stuttered more when I was living with my biological parents. This is a drawing of me on a ship with them before I was adopted, and before my siblings were born. I was trying to tell them how much I liked the toy shop on the ship. When I stuttered on the ship with them I felt shy. I stutter a lot less since I was adopted.


Gabriel, 8, from San Jose, CA


Stuttering is Fun


My name is Ian. I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have a mom, a dad, a brother named Patrick, and a dog named Jack. I have a favorite stuffed animal named Squirtle. I like stuttering. I think it makes me unique. My friends don’t laugh when I stutter. In fact, they don’t mind. Stuttering is fun.


Ian, 8, from Santa Fe, NM 14


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