I Am Just Like Them My name is Sebastian. I am 13 years old and in the 6th


grade.


I started stuttering when I learned how to speak. I like to play video games like Fortnite. I play on the wrestling team for Armstrong. When I stutter, it feels like the air is getting stuck. I stutter the most when I speak in front of a group, talk on the phone, and when I am nervous. Strategies that help me be more fluent include easy onset, tapping, and delayed auditory feedback. Sometimes my stuttering keeps me from doing things I might like to do, like acting in a play. When I am stuck on a word, I wish people wouldn’t say it for me. Sometimes my friends lose patience when I’m trying to say something, and they change the subject before I am finished talking. That really annoys me. I wish my friends realized I am just like them.


Sebastian, 13 Freeport, PA


My name is Sheldon and I’m 10 years old. I live in North Central Missouri. Stuttering was really hard for me last year but after going to a speech therapist for a while my stuttering has been going well. Now I’m starting to think it’s ok to stutter and everyone reading this should think that too. Stuttering won’t define my life. I can still reach my dreams and you can too.


Sheldon, 10, North Central, MO


When I stutter I feel like I’m in a race to the finish line. But taking a deep breath, I can finish to the finish line!


Emily, 7, from Manchester, ME 27


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