HOW I BEGAN TO STUTTER
My name is Phoenix. I am 11 years old. When I started stuttering, I was 4. I hit my head on a vent and woke up in the ER. After two weeks, I started stuttering. My speech teacher gave me a pacing board to slow my speech down and she is very nice. She told me to not go “hhhhhhh” so much before I talk. That’s how I am now. You might want to get your own pacing board.
Phoenix, 11, from Omaha, NE
My name is Micheri and I am 8 years old. I like to play games such as restaurant with my little sister named Jai’lah and my dog. When I stutter I think of light over my head then I look up and breathe and look down and dream that I’m on a cloud. One time I did a presentation to my class then at a meeting for people who stutter.
Micheri, 8, from Bloomington, IL
I really do not have negative feelings about my stuttering. I know a lot of kids are sad that they stutter, but I don’t see a problem with it. My friends are not bothered by it either and nobody makes fun of me, which I
like. As I said before, I don’t care that I stutter, but I still work on it by taking a deep breath before I speak and using easy onsets. My friend and I have a code for when I stutter. She says the code word and I restart my speech to make it smoother. Thanks for listening to how I feel about my stuttering.
Laila, 5th Munster, IN Grade
Hi, my name is Zachary and I stutter. I am a senior in Torrance, California. I have been stuttering since I was in elementary school, so quite a while.
I’ve learned some strategies in my speech
group for helping me in moments of stuttering. Some of these strategies are relaxing before speaking, thinking about my comment before I say it, and talking at a slower rate. I also have tried
calming down my muscles in my face, tongue, and throat.
These are good strategies, but let me share what works
for me. I deal with stuttering in a very weird way. What I do is I either stop and make a weird sound (like “ahhhh”) and start over. Or I just continue with the sentence as if I didn’t stutter at all. These strategies both work for me, but at
different times.
Being part of the volleyball team at my high school has really helped me. In volleyball I need to talk a lot, so learning to talk clearer is really helpful. Another hobby I have is playing video games. I find gaming helpful because I get to talk with other people in the game. I am not embarrassed by my stuttering. I enjoy testing people’s patience. ;)
Zachary, 12th grade Torrance, CA
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