Stuttering is Awesome
My name is Hudson. I live in California and I am 8 years old. I go to McSwain School and I have a great speech teacher, Mrs. P. I think stuttering is unique and I think planning and soft contact help me the most. I have been stutter for about three years. When I sing I don’t really stutter. I love to play baseball and it’s my favorite sport. George Springer is a baseball player. He is one of my favorite players and he stutters too. My Favorite thing about stuttering is that you are diff erent from everyone else.
Hudson, 8, from Merced, CA
It Helps to Bounce on My Words
Hi, my name is Brad and I stutter. I’m from the Dominican Republic, age 9, and I draw a lot. My favorite video games are Cuphead and Roblox. My favorite foods are hot dogs, pizza, BBQ with rice, and chicken nuggets. I feel like stuttering is a deep hole. It forces my words down into my throat. It helps when I bounce on my words.
Brad, 9, from Queens, NY
No Stuttering if I’m Singing, Cheering, or Talking to Myself
Hi, my name is Greyson and I go to speech almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I don’t remember the fi rst time I stuttered but I do remember that in fi rst grade I started speech for my stuttering. I barely remember the speech sessions from fi rst and second grade but I do remember that in third grade I was taught lots of ideas to help me stutter less. One thing I have to help is my tool box of ways to soften my speech.
I usually stutter around my family and sometimes at my after school program. If I can say the fi rst sound of the fi rst word of the sentence, I’m normally good for the rest of the sentence. If my sentence starts with a “th” or “sh” or any smooth sound, then it is easier. I don’t stutter when I’m talking with my friends. Other examples of when I don’t stutter are singing, cheering, or talking to myself.
It gets me frustrated when my siblings want to talk when I do. That makes me stutter because I talk too fast to talk fi rst and I end up stuttering instead. A tool that I use at home is to pretend I am in the speech room at school where I don’t stutter and I try to remember that calm feeling.
Greyson, 10, from Westmont, IL 22
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