Did You Know...

• Over three million Americans stutter.
• Stuttering affects four times as many males as females.
• People who stutter are as intelligent and well-adjusted as non-stutterers.
• Despite decades of research, there are no clear-cut answers to the uses of stuttering, but much has been learned about factors which contribute to its development.
• As a result, tremendous progress has been made in the prevention of stuttering in young children.
• People who stutter are self-conscious about their stuttering and often let the disability determine the vocation they choose.
• There are no instant miracle cures for stuttering. Therapy is not an overnight process.
• Some 25 percent of ALL children go through a stage of development during which they stutter.
• Some four percent may stutter for six months or more.
• Stuttering becomes an increasingly formidable problem in the teen years as dating and social interaction begin.
• A qualified clinician can help not only children but also teenagers, young adults and even older adults make significant progress toward fluency.

  Source: The Stuttering Foundation of America

Web Resources

• The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Stuttering Home Page

Famous Stutterers

• Moses
• Anthony Quinn
• Aesop
• Winston Churchill
• King George VI
• James Earl Jones
• Isaac Newton
• Ben Johnson
• Charles Darwin
• Bruce Willis
• Clara Barton
• Greg Luganis
• Lewis Carroll
• John Updike
• Marilyn Monroe
• Carly Simon
• Jimmy Stewart
• Bo Jackson