Hi, my name is Alyssa and I am 12 years old. My birthday is on Feb 14. And I stutter. I like to bake cookies and cakes. I have a hamster. His name is Buttercup. I stutter but not too bad. Sometimes it is hard. I used robot talking and my stop and pause. I love playing and animals. My favor ite thing to play is Roblox. It is soooooo fun. I like to garden. It is fun. I garden because it reminds me of nature. I am in 5th grade. I live on Lopez Island. It’s really pretty.
Alyssa, 12, Lopez Island, WA
I am Alex and I am 12 years old. I live in southwest California in the city of San Bernardino. I love playing video games, off- roading with my family, and going places. When I stutter, I get mad and speak slowly. My speech therapist helps me with easy onset as a strategy. She tells us to speak slowly and that it will help us to finish a sentence. My advice to others who stutter is to speak slowly.
Alex, 12, San Bernardino, CA 22
Hi, my name is Jizelah and I’m 11 years old. I live in Hollister CA, I’m in the 5th grade at Hollister Dual Language Academy. I started to stutter right before kindergarten when I was 4 years old. I started going to speech therapy when I was in kindergarten. My speech therapists taught me slow, easy speech and easy onset, and a lot of things for me to be able to control my speech.
I love cheering and going to competitions to perform. I don’t like to talk in front of my class or in front of others. I also don’t like to meet new people. People always say that I’m shy but it’s not because I’m shy it’s because I don’t want to stutter when I talk. I love hanging out with my best friends. I also love to hang out with my dogs and my family. Every time I stutter, I get really frustrated with myself and get mad at myself. I don’t like to read to the class or do a presentation because I think I’m going to stutter. Some of the things that work for me are to take a deep breath or slow down when I think I’m going to stutter.
Jizelah, 11, Hollister, CA
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