My name is Liam and I am 8 years old. I have a stutter. When I stutter, I have mostly prolongations, a few repetitions, and sometimes I have blocks. I like to use my strategy of going slow and to stretch it out when I stutter. It can sometimes make me nervous to talk at school. I feel most comfortable talking at baseball practice, basketball practice, at home, and at speech therapy. I feel like my friends and my family


understand my speech. I like to use my speech to tell jokes and talk about


Pokémon. My advice to other kids who stutter is to learn strategies and take deep


breaths. Liam, 8, Fuquay Varina, NC


Hi, my name is Jaylin. I like to sing and I like to play Fortnite. I started stuttering when I was 4. I use easy onsets and pausing and cancellations to slow down my stutter from happening. It helps by using all my strategies. I ignore the mean comments by telling the teacher or ignoring people.


Jaylin, 11, Chicago, IL


Hi, my name is Lindell. I am 10 years old, and I use my easy starts to control my stutter. I started stuttering when I was 6. Sometimes kids would mock me when I stutter and sometimes I get mad or just walk away to cool down. I like to play my games and play Fortnite and Roblox. My hobbies are playing games and they cool me down. Lindell, 10, Chicago, IL


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