Hi, my name is Aiden. My age is 10 years old, and I am in 4th grade. I like to play and watch sports. I like baseball and basketball. I have one brother and one sister, and I play sports with my brother. I like to play video games with my dad, my mom, my sister, and my brother. My favorite games are Super Mario and Call of Duty. When I stutter, I stop saying what I was going to say and think before I talk instead of pushing the words out of my mouth. When people make fun of me, I just annoyed them.


Aiden, 10, El Monte, CA


My name is Imam. I’m in 7th grade and I’m 13 years old. I like to play basketball and I like to play Among Us with my friends. I am from Gambia. I have been stuttering for a long time. My stutter makes me repeat sounds and feels tight in my throat. I like to use slow turtle talk, sing- song speech and pausing when I talk to my friends. My strategies help me make smooth


speech. When I


read aloud, I use chunking. Sometimes people make fun of me, but my friends help me. I’m not shy, I like talking at home and with my friends! You can still be successful if you stutter. I want to be an astronaut or a firefighter!


Thank you, Imam, 13 Madison, WI


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Graham, 8, Rochester, MN


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