My name is Olivia Dawn. I’m in 2nd grade and I’m 8 years old. I like to swing, play on my tablet, and play with slime. My favorite things are my family, my dog Baxter, playing outside, and pizza. When I grow up, I want to be an author because I’m good at writing. Sometimes I stutter. The strategy that helps most is slow rate. I learned that stuttering is okay.
Olivia, 8, Albion, NY
Hello, my name is Wakin. I am 10 years old, and I like soccer. My favorite player is Cristiano Ronaldo. My favorite soccer team is Real Madrid. I started to stutter when I was in first grade. Since then, I’ve been receiving help from my speech teacher at school. I have learned that using my strategies helps me to become a more fluent speaker. The strategy that I like is called stretchy speech. Some advice I would like to tell other kids who stutter is:
1. You can achieve anything
2. Always use your strategies when you need them.
3. Your speech does not need to be perfect because you are perfect the way you are.
Wakin, 10 Sioux City, IA
Hi my name is Ethan and I'm in fifth grade at Jared Eliot Middle School. I live in Clinton, Connecticut. I like soccer and video games. I also like playing with my friends. Going to the beach is a calming activity for me. I've stuttered since I was four years old. I have a hard time saying words that begin with vowels. I try to use "easy onset" to begin those words. It works for me sometimes. I like going to speech therapy, because my speech therapist helps me and understands me. My message to other kids who stutter is "never give up" and "don't let people get in the way of what you need to say." Ethan, 11, Clinton, CT
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