The Stuttering Foundation has been hearing from kids for over three decades, receiving more than 600 letters from children every year.


Press releases, begun in the 1980’s, resulted in a tremendous number of articles on stuttering nationwide. When Ann Landers featured the SFA in one of her classic newspaper segments, “Ask Ann Landers”, the response from kids was immediate and overwhelming. Additional staff had to be hired to help with the incoming correspondence.


Anne Edwards, a librarian hired to help with the letters, was the first one at the Foundation to draft a response to kids, and it was her idea to have everyone from the office sign the letter. Those letters made an impact; and as time went by, the Foundation continued to hear from more and more children around the world affected by stuttering.


Today, the Foundation purposes to feature kids’ letters in each and every newsletter and respond to each child who writes with encouragement, advice, and/or thanks from the SFA team.


Anne Edwards in the Stuttering Foundation office, circa 1986


DEAR SFA:


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