Speech Therapy is Like a Mechanic for Your Car
Hello, my name is Andrew. I am 11 years old and I’m in the fifth grade. I love to play video games and I love science. When I’m thinking of a complex sentence it gets hard to speak because one side of my brain wants to just say an ordinary sentence and the other wants to make it more complex. So, it comes out bumpy like trying to drive an unfinished car. My speech teacher is like a car mechanic and she helps me drive my car smoothly.
Andrew, 11, from Sugar Hill, NH
I Don’t Mind My Stuttering
Hi, my name is Ethan. I am 11 years old and I live in Lincoln, Nebraska. I go to Fredstrom Elementary School. I have confidence in myself and I try to always think positively so I don’t get nervous, especially when I stutter. I really focus on my talents. This helps me remember that stuttering does not define me. I love playing sports. I am great at lacrosse and at being a really good friend. During lacrosse games I don’t stutter, but when I speak in front of my class I stutter more often.
Artwork by Andrew, age 11, Sugar Hill, NH
I have many ways to handle my stuttering and work through it. Some strategies that I use, especially when I am having rough days, are self-talk and stretchy speech. These help me slow my talking down so I stutter less and remember to think positively. Something else that helps me is hanging out with friends who don’t care about my stuttering. They only care about me as a person.
Some people make fun of kids because of stuttering, but if someone does, I don’t care because I don’t let stuttering take me down. Some people don’t like me because I stutter but I really don’t care because if they don’t really care about me why should I be friends with them?
Ethan, 11 Lincoln, NE
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