STUTTERING INFORMATION: ◆ Kids who stutter normally start between the ages of 2 and 5 years old.
◆ Stuttering is when people repeat sounds, can’t get sounds out, or feel stuck on a sound. We call these moments disfluencies.
◆ Talking fast, talking when you are nervous, or when you feel like you have a lot to say can increase the amount you stutter.
◆ Stuttering is pretty common for adults and kids. There are over three million people who stutter in the United States and 70 million people worldwide.
◆ For every girl that stutters, four boys stutter.
◆ Most people, 60% of people who stutter, get their stuttering from family members.
WAYS TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO STUTTER AND TIPS TO NOT MAKE IT WEIRD:
Some people think stuttering is weird or see you differently because you stutter. They shouldn’t judge people who talk differently from themselves. Stuttering should not be seen as such a big deal: it’s not contagious and it’s not weird. When you talk to someone who stutters you should:
◆ Give them enough time to talk.
◆ Don’t give advice or praise (e.g., saying slow down, take a breath, or relax). That can make a person who stutters feel worse. ◆ Don’t finish their sentence for them.
◆ Ignore someone’s stuttering and instead just focus on what they are actually saying.
◆ Make sure to give wait time on the phone when you don’t hear anything. It might be someone who stutters who is trying to start the conversation. ◆ You don’t need to ask people about their stutter.
Ann, 9, Superior, CO Trevor, Katy, TX 25
Hi, my name is Jada. I am 12 years old. I have three pets one of them is a rabbit. His name is Speedy. He loves food and poops everywhere. My second pet is a cat, his name is Boots. He likes to eat and sleep all day. And my other pet is a dog, her name is Oreo. She is a Maltipoo.
I also stutter. The tools I use are easy speech, pull out, and cancellation. My speech teacher likes fake stuttering because you are not scared when you stutter. If you stutter and people
make fun of you, don’t listen to them. Everybody has something to work on and ours is stuttering.
Jada, 12, Laveen, AZ
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