UPS and DOWNS
My name is Jaxon and I’m 13 years old. I do taekwondo and I like collecting Pokemon cards. My favorite hobby is Nerf guns.
My LITTLE Problem Having a stutter in my opinion is plain irritating. I
named mine Stewart. Stewart tends to make me say my S-sounds longer than necessary. He also does the classic, saying a syllable twice. When I stutter, it doesn’t stress me out! All it does is bug me because all these stories, jokes, and much more are just cooped up in my brain. My speech teacher and I have been trying to train Stewart by using different strategies. For example, starting a sentence over and trying again, also known as cancellation. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t see my stutter as a bad thing. I just view it as a little problem like a paper cut that I just have to deal with. I never let it hold me back since I do drama club which requires a lot of talking! Lately, when I stutter, I have been using my strategies to almost prevent my little problem.
Mackenzie, 11, from Bolton, MA Don’t Be Shy
Hi, my name is Jayden. I am nine years old and I live in Arizona. I have been stuttering since second grade. I use easy starts at my house and in school.
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get shy sometimes when I ask my teacher questions in class. I feel okay about stuttering because when I go to speech therapy I have friends that stutter, too. Some advice I would give to other people who stutter is to not be shy when you stutter because there are more people in the world who stutter, too.
Jayden, 9, from Mesa, AZ 14
Since I was 5, I’ve stuttered a lot. I went to a speech therapist who helped me with my stuttering and it worked. Even though sometimes it gets worse again, it will get better again, too. I just need to practice my strategies.
Jaxon, 13, from Ashby, MN Stuttering is Perfectly OK
My name is Ari and I am 8 years old. I started stuttering when I was in preschool. I like Roblox and Transformers. In speech, I learned that stuttering is perfectly OK and I’m not the only person who stutters in the world. My speech teacher helped me make a presentation to teach the kids in my class about stuttering. It was good for them to know that stuttering is OK and it’s just the way people talk sometimes. If you stutter, you should know that you are not the only one and you are smart.
Ari, 8, from San Diego, CA
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