The Stuttering Foundation Remembers


TRAVERS REID, HON FRCSLT Co-founder and Life President of Action for Stammering Children


Speak with a child who stutters in an unhurried way, pausing frequently.


We were deeply sorry to hear of the death of Travers Reid on 13th October 2019 aged 89. Travers held a very special place in the heart of the Charity and the Michael Palin Centre and he will be greatly missed. Without Travers Reid’s vision, commitment and determination, many thousands of children would not have received this specialist support and many hundreds of therapists across the world would not be trained.


More than 30 years ago, as a successful businessman, Travers had a vision of a world without stammering. Having been affected by stammering throughout his life, he was determined to help children and young people gain access to the help that was not available to him during his childhood. In the 1980s, Reid was the driving force to establish the Association of Research into Stammering in Childhood, leading him to help open the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in 1993.


First and foremost, Travers Reid was a devoted family man, married to Sandra for 60 years and intensely proud of his children and grandchildren. His contribution to the world of stammering has been exceptional and will always be remembered and celebrated.


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