Fluency Disorder Organizations
Starting and Maintaining a self-help group
- How to start and run a self-help group from CSA the Canadian Stuttering Association.
- Group Activities Suggested by the National Stuttering Association and its members
- Over 100 Things To Do At An NSA Support Meeting, from the NSA Chapter Leader's Handbook
- A Conversation With My Stutter by Kevin Eldridge. Psychological Self-Help by Dr. Clay Tucker-Ladd, is a freely-available online book by a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Support/Self-help groups around the world
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Belgium
- Cameroon
- SCAC - Speak Clear Association of Cameroon.
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark's Association for Stutters in Denmark homepage has information available in the Danish language.
- Estonia's The Estonian Association of People Who Stutter
- Finland's STAMMARFÖRENING rf (FS)
- France
- Germany's Bundesvereinigung Stotterer-Selbsthilfe e.V., available in the German language
- Links to Self Help Groups in Germany, inlcuding:
- Holland's Openingspagina van de Stottervereniging Demosthenes
- Hungary's Demoszthenesz
- Iceland's Icelandic Stuttering Association - Malbjorg in Icelandic
- India
- Ireland - Irish Stammering Association
- Israel - The Israeli Support Group for People Who Stutter has information in Hebrew and English
- Italy - Associazione Italiana per la Balbuzie e la Comunicazione
- Japan's Japan Stuttering Homepage by the Japan Stuttering Project.
- Latvian Stuttering Association (best accessed with Internet Explorer).
- Nepal's Nepal Stutters Association.
- New Zealand's Speakeasy Association
- Nigeria's Stuttering Association of Nigeria
- Norway's Norsk Interesseforening for Stamme
- Scotland - Safety in Stumblers, a support group in Glasgow.
- Scotland - BSA Scotland
- South Africa's Speakeasy Stuttering Association
- Spain's Funadcion:Asociacion Española de la Tartamudez
- Sweden
- Switzerland - Stottern in Zuerich a self-help group for people who stutter in Zurich, Switzerland (the list is in the German language).
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Other Fluency Disorders Support Organizations
- European League of Stuttering Associations
- International Stuttering Association
- International Fluency Association.
- Other Organizations - by country
- Passing Twice - an organization for gay and lesbian people who stutter.
- ASHA's Special Interest Division #4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders.
- International Cluttering Association
- he Stuttering Homepage (contains multiple pages of interest with regard to cluttering)
Download:
(ALL) Cluttering Assessment Program (Bakker et al, 2005): a freeware software tool for determining percentage talking time
cluttered conveniently.
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International Stuttering Association
The International Stuttering Association (ISA) was founded in 1995 and acts on behalf of stutterers all over the world.
International Fluency Association
An association mostly of consisting professionals in the field of speech.
Stuttering Homepage
Probably the largest information source about stuttering, maintained by Judith Kuster in Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA.
Stuttering Foundation of America
A Foundation acting to spread information about stuttering.
National Stuttering Association
A large organisation in the USA.
Canadian Stuttering Association (CSA - formerly CAPS)
A large organisation in Canada.
The Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood
A UK charity dedicated to helping children with the problem of stammering.
CPLOL (Comité Permanent de Liaison des Orthophonistes / Logopedes)
Standing Liaison Committee of Speech and Language Therapists / Logopedists in the European Union.
The International Stuttering Association
The Stuttering Homepage of Judith Kuster at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has a comprehensive list of support organizations for PWS from around the globe.
The Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood (UK) and the Michael Palin Centre
bEuropean League of Stuttering Associations
Stuttering Association Nigeria
Brazilian Stuttering Association
- Aesop - Greek storyteller, and a huge collection of his fables
- Walter H. Annenberg - publisher, broadcaster, diplomat and philanthropist.
- Aristotle
- Notker Balbulus (the Stammerer), a Dark Ages monk who played important roles in both plainchant and the development of our calendar.
- Balbus Blaesius - A Roman who was in a "freak show." People would give him money to stutter. His last name is the Italian word for stuttering
- Clara Barton - Founder of the American Red Cross.
- Baudouin the Lannoy, a knight of the golden fleece - portrait by Jan Van Eyck in the State Museum in Berlin.
- Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Arnold Bennett - British writer and journalist.
- Michael Bentine - British comedian, script-writer, and reader of children's books
- Jorge Luis Borges - (1899-1986) was the author of Labyrinths and Ficciones, among other books.
- Aneurin Bevan - British Labor Party Leader in 1930's.
- Kenneth E. Boulding - economist
- Elizabeth Bowen - Irish writer
- Robert Boyle (1627-1691) - British scientist and moral essayist who made important contributions to physics and chemistry and is best known for Boyle's law
- Patrick Campbell - British humorist.
- Lewis Carroll - Author of Alice in Wonderland.
- Field Marshall Lord Carver - British military leader.
- Nicolae Ceausecsu - President of Romania in the 1970's
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of Don Quixote de la Mancha (as cited by Malveena McKendrick, Cervantes, Little, Brown, 1980, p. 21.).
- General Joshua Chamberlain, one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg and college professor of literature (source: Military History magazine).
- King Charles I - King of England, 1625-1649.
- Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of Great Britain World War II, including examples of some of his speeches (Point of information, the following page claims that Churchill did not suffer from stutering, but from a lisp. I have heard and seen video tapes of Churchill. I believe my cousin (yes he was;-) stuttered, JAK).
- Claudius - Roman Emperor. www.salve.edu/~romanemp/claudius.htm
- Ty Cobb - according to a biography, Cobb: A Biography by Al Stump (1994)
- Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler - a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Pirates in the '20s. His nickname is pronounced with long I's; i.e, Ky-Ky. Reason: He was a stutterer, and often pronounced his last name Ky-ky-ler. (posted by Bob Wells on Stutt-l, August 12, 1997)
- Nat King Cole - In an interview, Cole biographer, Daniel Epstein states that Cole had a stutter as a child and a bit of a lisp which you can hear in the early recordings in his career. If you want to listen to the interview via Real Audio, open and move the cursor on the Real Audio player a little past midway (I count 10 dots).
- Richard Condon - Novelist whose works include The Manchurian Candidate and Prizzi's Honor.
- Charles Darwin - Naturalist and author of The Origin of Species.
- Erasmus Darwin - Famous physician, scientist, and grandfather of Charles.
- Marion Davies "one of the few silent stars to survive the transition to talkies."
- Dekanawida - Iroquois Indian leader in the 1500's
- Demosthenes - Greek orator by Plutarch, written 75 A.D. as well as several of the writings/orations of Demonsthenes
- Mary Louise "Stuttering Sam" Dowell became the most celebrated showgirl in New York City.
- Niccolo Fontana, nicknamed Tartaglia(stammerer) because of his speech - an Italian mathematician famous for his algebraic solution of cubic equations. Read about what caused his speech problems and decide for yourself if he stuttered or not.
- Harley Earl, one of the most famous car designers ever. (Source: American Heritage magazine).
- King George VI - King of England, 1937-1952.
- Robert Heinlein - Science fiction writer
- Sir John R. Hicks - British economist who received the Nobel price in economics in 1972.
- Leigh Hunt a writer of the early Romantic period and a classmate of Charles Lamb.
- Henry James - American Novelist.
- Thomas Jefferson - President
- Washington Irving (author)
- Alfred Kazin - author, critic and teacher
- Charles Canon Kingsley -- English orator, writer, and chaplain to Queen Victoria.
- Everybody Jam [IMPORT] by Scatman John, Audio CD (November 29, 1996)
- Philip Larkin - English poet, novelist and critic
- Lenin
- Louis II the Stammerer, King of France, 877-879
- Henry Luce - Founder of Time magazine and Sports Illustrated
- Raymond Massey - Actor.
- Cotton Mather - Puritan leader and famous preacher.
- Somerset Maugham - British writer considered one of the best short story writers of all time, including Of Human Bondage, an autobiographical novel which substitutes a physical disability for the author's stuttering problem.
- Robert Merrill -- Opera singer.
- Michael II, Byzantine Emperor 820-829,succeeded Leo V to the Byzantine crown in 820, and on his death in 829 was succeeded by his son Theophilus.
- Christopher Robin Milne, the original Christopher Robin.
- Moses - Hebrew prophet.
- Moses Mendelssohn - Grandfather of the composer.
- Molotov, the Russian Foreign Minister under Stalin.
- Marilyn Monroe - Actress.
- Garry Moore - game show host - "I've Got a Secret"
- Napoleon the First
- Isaac Newton - Scientist, developed the Law of Gravity.
- Jack Harold Paar - US comedian & television host; 1st host of show "The Tonight Show" 1957-1962
- Kim Philby - British spy.
- Ludwig Quidde Nobel Peace Prize recipient, 1927.
- Anthony Quinn - Actor.
- Michael Ramsey (one hundredth Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Mario Savio - 1960's Free Speech leader at Berkeley
- John Slaughter - Arizona sheriff in the 1880's
- Jimmy Stewart - Actor.
- Alan Turing, founder of computer science.
- Kenneth Tynan - Well known British drama critic.
- Virgil - Roman poet.
- George Washington
- The following historical figures from China, are reported to have stuttered in parts of their life. They are provided by Stefan Hoffman.
- Guan Zhong (ancient time politician)
- Han Feizi (ancient time scholar)
- Lu Xun (20 century most famous Chinese writer)
- Guo Muoruo (20 century writer)
- Zhan Tianyo (Famous railway engineer)
- Guang Xu (Emperor of Qing Dynasty)
Contemporary Figures:
- Prince Albert of Monaco
- Rowan Atkinson - British actor who plays Mr. Bean
- Butch Baird - Golfer.
- Antonio Bassolino - Mayor of Naples
- P. F. Bentley - professional photographer - Photographs by PF Bentley: 25 Years of Photojournalism
- Senator Joseph Biden, Democrat from Delaware.
- Howard Bingham - professional photographer and biographer of Muhammed Ali. Additional information about Bingham's work.
- Arthur M. Blank - co-founder of the Home Depot and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons
- Peter Bonerz - Actor (Jerry the orthodontist) on The Bob Newhart show
- Nicolas Brendon, movie star, reports that he stuttered significantly until after high school.
- Patrick Campbell - British humorist
- Rubin Carter - professional boxer - 'Hurricane' by Tom Tozer relates that Rubin "Hurricane" Carter stuttered as a child. Carter's story, made into a movie starring Danzell Washington, is about a "professional middleweight boxer who was arrested in 1966 for the murder of three whites, sentenced to a triple-life term and finally exonerated in 1988." Tozer's article states, "As a youngster, Carter used his fists to help dissuade others from laughing at his stuttering." The information about his stuttering is also found here.
- Lord David Cecil - Professor of English literature at Oxford in 1950s and author of Melbourne, one of The Board of the Modern Library's100 Best Nonfiction books of the century
- Proinsias De Rossa - a political leader of the Democrat Left in Ireland.
- Margaret Drabble - British novelist.
- Harley Earl - car designer
- Jake Eberts - Film producer (Gandhi, Dances with Wolves)
- Noel Gallagher guitarist from the rock band, Oasis.
- Gareth Gates - pop star, UK
- Mrs. Annie Glenn - Wife of astronaut and Senator John Glenn.
- Sidney Gottlieb - controversial CIA psychologist
- Horace Grant - Orlando Magic power forward
- James Griffin - the producer and presenter of the ABC TV's Last Word and is an occasional contributor to Books and Writing on ABC Radio National, Australia
- Sophie Gustafson, Swedish Professional Golfer who won the Ladies Professional Golf Association British Open, August 2000.
- Ron Harper - Current star with the Chicago Bulls. Interesting article - Harper's struggle with stuttering proves his courage from The Sporting News.
- Lester Hayes - Former All-Pro defensive back with the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders.
- Steven Hawking - scientist
- Howard Heyman - lab chief for the Newsweek photo lab
- Vernon Hill chairman and founder of Commerce Bancorp and Commerce Bank
- Edward Hoagland - essayist and contemporary nature writer. The football game in my head US News and World Report article about Edward Hoagland
- Bo Jackson - Football and baseball star.
- Samuel L. Jackson, movie star, Chill Factor, an article that describes his stuttering.
- Tommy John - Former Yankee pitcher.
- Ben Johnson - Runner.
- Paul Johnson - Detective novelist, author of Killing the Blues
- James Earl Jones - Actor. Jones intones
- Thomas Kean - Governor of New Jersey from1982-1990
- Harvey Keitel - actor
- Pat Leahy - N.Y. Jets kicker.
- Peggy Lipton - Actress.
- Greg Louganis - Olympic diver.
- Bob Love - Basketball star with Chicago Bulls in 60's and 70's.
- Alvin Lucier - American composer
Kenyon Martin, forward for the New Jersey Nets (NBA basketball team).
- Michael McCurdy - Book Illustrator / Author / Publisher / wood engraver
- Dr. Jonathan Miller - British director and critic.
- John Montague - a Northern Irish poet, essayist, and story writer.
- Sam Neill - Actor.
- Bruce Oldfield - British fashion designer.
- Austin Pendleton - Actor.
- Adrian Peterson running back for the Chicago Bears.
- Alan R. Rabinowitz - conservationist
- Eric Roberts, actor
- Henry Rogers - Public relations pioneer.
- Nino Salvatore - Past president of Medicine at the University of Naples
- Budd Schulberg - auther, screenplay - On The Waterfront and musical, What Makes Sammy Run
- David Shields - American novelist
- Nevil Shute - English novelist and aeronautical engineer
- Carly Simon - Singer.
- Michael Spinks - light heavyweight boxing champion
- Jake Steinfeld - Bodybuilder, television fitness trainer
- John Stossel - Reporter, ABC's 20/20.
- Peter Straub, horror story author.
- Dave Taylor - Former hockey star with the L.A. Kings.
- Duane Thomas - a running back for the Dallas Cowboy's in the early 70's, according to interview with Larry Merchant, on Real Sports, HBO
- Mel Tillis - Country-western singer. An interesting FAX sent to Art Nefsky from Mel Tillis on September 30, 1997, about his stuttering, is online.
- Chris Trapper, musician - The Push Stars rock band
- Kenneth Tynan - British drama critic
- John Updike -Novelist.
- Ken Venturi - Golfer. Won U.S. Open in 1961. (An interview with Ken Venturi where he talks about his stuttering.)
- Bill Walton - professional basketball player, sportscaster
- John F. Welch, Jr. - Chairman of General Electric.
- Bruce Willis - Actor.
- Robert Wilson - Sculptor and theater director
- Bill Withers (1938- ), singer and songwriter, whose first hit, Ain't No Sunshine, went to number three in 1971, won a Grammy for best R&B song, and was heard in the movie Notting Hill. His biggest hit was Lean on Me, which went to number one in 1972. He also recorded Use Me, which peaked at number two in 1972 and is on the soundtrack to American Beauty. The Gap used his song Lovely Day in its 1999 advertising campaign. Withers married Denice Nicholas, a star on ABC's TV series Room 222. He was born in Slab Fork, near Beckley. Withers dropped out of school after the ninth grade and spent nine years in the Navy, where he underwent speech therapy to overcome a stuttering problem. After his discharge, he delivered milk and worked for Ford Motor Co., IBM, and Lockheed. from Famous West Virginians
- Congressman Frank Wolf, Republican from VA.
- Chris Zorich - Chicago Bears' lineman.
Controversial and cartoon personalities who stutter
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