My obstacle was not only a catalyst for journalism, but also for authorship. In 2018, I published a children’s book based on my experience entitled, Stuttering Stephen. This award-winning book focuses on a young boy named Stephen who stutters and believes he’ll never become a speaker at his school. However, he later learns that finding help with his speech makes it possible.


Stuttering Stephen serves as an encouraging tool for those who stutter and their families. All in all, I’ve learned that a challenge like stuttering, or anything else, cannot stop you from being impactful. Don’t think about what you don’t have or can’t do. Rather, consider what you do have and can do. Choose to live up to my mantra that emboldens you to: “Use your voice to make change.” Make the change as if someone’s future depends on it…because it does.


Connect with Fraendy Clervaud on Facebook at /fclervand, on Instagram @ trendyfraendy and Twitter @FraendyNewsman. For more information about his book, visit www.stutteringstephen.com and follow his Instagram page @stutteringstephen.


Opposite page, top to bottom: Fraendy talks to a group of students about stuttering; Fraendy reads his children’s book to a group of elementary students in South Carolina; Clervaud's book, Stuttering Stephen


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