RESOURCES
Connecting to Other People who Stutter
- Camp SAY is a 2 week camp for children who stutter, their young family members, and friends, ages 8-18. Kids come from across America to gain confidence, validation, and encouragement to pursue their dreams.
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- FRIENDS is the only national organization dedicated solely to empowering young people who stutter and their families. Their mission is to provide support and education to children and teens who stutter, their families and clinicians.
- LLLet Me Finish is a weeklong day camp for children who stutter from ages 6-11. Founded by 10 year old, Saadiq Wicks, he wishes to raise awareness of stuttering and bullying.
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Click here to see the National Stuttering Association‘s listing of over 100 support groups/chapters for adults, teens, children, and families across the United States!
- Stutter Social connects people who stutter through Google+ Hangouts. Hangouts are a free and fun way to see and talk with up to 10 people at a time across the globe!
- StutterTalk is a non-profit organization dedicated to talking about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering.
- Stuttering is Cool is an open-mic podcast, promoting stuttering with confidence.
- Together We Act is a non-profit outreach theater company that is committed to educating, motivating, and building confidence in people who stutter, so that they may have the opportunity to realize and reach their full potential through the process of acting.
Learning about Stuttering
- The American Institute for Stuttering is a non-profit organized out of New York City, that specializes in helping those who stutter and training professionals.
- Enhancing Generalization is a brief video by Nina Reeves MS, CCC-SLP, on strategies for improving generalization. This video was prepared in recognition of National Stuttering Awareness Week (May 2013).
- The International Stuttering Association is an international association made up of national groups which is guided by a board of directors with the aim of helping others understand stuttering.
- Minimizing Bullying is a series of 4 brief videos by J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, on how to help children who stutter minimize bullying. This video was prepared in recognition of Better Hearing and Speech Month (May 2013).
- The National StutteringAssociation‘s main web-page has an extensive amount of information on stuttering.
- The Stuttering Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people who stutter. The organization provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
- The Stuttering Home Page is dedicated to providing information about stuttering and other fluency disorders for both consumers and professionals who work with people who stutter.
Stuttering in the Media
Films
- The King’s Speech is based on the true story of King George VI’s quest to find his voice and conquer his stuttering.
- The Way We Talk is a full-length documentary, intimately centered around a support group for people who stutter on their journey toward self-acceptance. This documentary has plans to finish filming by the end of 2013.
- Thisisstuttering is a true documentary about Morgan Lott, a college student with a stutter. Through speech therapy sessions, personal reflections, and public assignments, Morgan seeks to get a handle on a stutter that has plagued him for years, discovering himself in the process.
- Voice in Exile is an internationally acclaimed award-winning dramatic film journey into the mind and emotions of Alan Woodward, a seventeen year old who stutters.
- Stuttering in Children: Speaking of Courage is a documentary following the lives of three children who stutter.
- Voices to Remember an inspirational Canadian video that tells the stories of four adults who stutter (a farmer, nurse, scientist and dentist) and the challenges they have faced in their lives.
Television
- MTV’s True Life: I Stutter follows the lives of three individuals coping with stuttering.
YouTube Videos
- Going With the Flow: A Guide to Transcending Stuttering is a documentary using the personal stories of people who stutter to give life to therapy.
- Ssstutter is a short documentary about a young girl who stutters.
- Stuttering is Cool video podcast: when you’re empowered reports on how people who stutter at an NSA conference answered the following question, “What empowers you when you hang out with fellow people who stutter?”
- Transcending Stuttering is a journey into the lives of seven people who stutter as they travel from
places of fear and isolation to places of courage, strength, and freedom of speech.
- Let Me Finish: A Stuttering Documentary shares the personal experiences of three life-long persons who stutter living in Austin, Texas.
- TEDxSyracuseUniversity 2014: David Haas – “Weight of My Words” provides a brief overview of stuttering.
- A Crash Course in Talking is a documentary about what it’s like to stutter by people who stutter.
Books
- Out With It by Katherine Preston.
- Paperboy by Vince Vawter.
- Self-Therapy for the Stutterer is written to and for the many adults and teens who stutter.
- Voice Unearthed: Hope, Help, and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children who Stutter tells the story of a mother and her son’s experiences with and reflections of past speech therapy.
- Setting My Words Free: Inspirational Messages for Adults Who Stutter is a compilation of 300 inspirational messages.
- Voice: A Stutterer’s Odyssey by Scott Damian.
- Stuttering Is Cool: A Guide toStuttering in a Fast-Talking World by Daniele Rossi.