Hello, my name is Keegan, and I am 9 years old. I live in Wisconsin. I like to play soccer. And I like camping. When I grow up, I want to be an escape artist or a spaceman. My favorite genre of music is sea shanties and I’m learning to play trombone this year. And I sssssstttutter (see what I did there?)
I started stuttering when I was about 5-6 years old. That is when I started speech therapy outside of school. Then in 3rd grade I started to get speech therapy at school. In speech we learn and practice pacing strategies, box breathing, and breath support.
Stuttering doesn’t really bother me. My advice to other kids who stutter is to not let it bother you and to embrace that people do stutter. Even great people stutter!
Keegan, 9, Trevor, WI
Hi, my name is Kobe. I am 10 years old. I am in 5th grade. I live in Illinois. I like playing Minecraft and Fortnite in my room. My room has a loft bed. I stutter and sometimes need help. One strategy that I use to help my speech is thinking about what I say before I say it. My advice to someone who stutters is to continue to love yourself and don’t get mad when you stutter.
Kobe, 10, Waukegan, IL
My name is Josh, and I stutter, but that’s not all there is to know about me. I like to draw Sonic the Hedgehog and play Sonic games. I aspire to be an artist in the future.
There’s a lot to know about stuttering. Something that you should know is that stuttering is unpredictable. This means no one can tell exactly when it will happen.
Stuttering looks different for each person who stutters. For me stuttering looks and sounds like me not being able to get out any words or stretching out my words or repeating them. The things that help me the most are light contact and easy onset. If you hear me stutter, the best thing you can do is let me finish and then ask for clarification if you didn’t understand what I said.
Thank you for taking time to learn about stuttering with me. Josh, 12, Jackson, MS
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