I Gave This Talk To My Class At School
There are 3 million people that stutter all over the world.
There are three to four more boys than girls that stutter.
There are no instant cures for stuttering. Some famous people who stutter are:
Kendrick Lamare – a rap singer who did the sound track for Black Panther movie Ed Sheeran- a singer
Daron Sproles- running back for the Philadelphia Eagles
Steve Harvey- a comedian and host for Family Feud
Shaquille O’Neal- famous basketball player
George Springer- baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros
Samuel Jackson- an actor who was in Jurassic Park
Adrion Peterson- a running back for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants and for other teams.
I am also a stutterer. All these people I named did not let stuttering stop them from who they wanted to be. Stuttering will not stop me from doing what I want to do when I grow up.
Stuttering does not go away. People can learn strategies to help them reduce or get through stuttering calmly and more easily. That is what I have been learning in speech therapy. I mostly use “stretchy speech and easy beginnings.”
If you want to help me or any other person who stutters, this is what you can do:
1. Don’t rush me
2. Wait patiently for me to finish what I am saying. I will get it out.
3. Don’t finish my sentences for me. 4. Treat me like any other person
Jamikle, 4th grade, from Tallahassee, FL I LOVE MY FAMILY
My speech is really good and I’m happy at the park! Siena, 6, from Pittsburg, CA
Stuttering: Go Away While I Am Sleeping
I want to take that stutter away from my throat while I am sleeping. A lot of the time I feel mad when I stutter. In the morning I hate stuttering around a lot of people like Davina, Danny, Hunter, Hope, and Raymond. Because I block, repeat, prolong, and use secondary behaviors such as throat clearing and pumping air. It makes me feel mad. To stop stuttering would make me feel better. Prolongation and easy onset make it easier to stop stuttering and calm down a bit. Playing my Xbox 360 or basketball in the spring and summer at the park also helps me to calm down.
Dakota, 12, from Sibley, IA, 15
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