My Story

Despite being bullied as a child for his stammer, Abu Abraham tells us how the prospect of a better future, as well as his mother's words of encouragement, gave him the motivation to succeed. 

For Shane, the shift to working from home in the pandemic and speaking on video calls has been challenging. But as he explains here, it's helped him face up to his fears around stammering. 

To mark the end of Black History Month, Chantal tells us about her experiences of growing up with a stammer as a person of colour, representation, finding a job, and what's it all taught her.

Add 12-year-old Malachi to the long list of writers who stammer. Here, he and mum Ritah tell us about his achievements.

Bhupinder tells us about teaching with a stammer.

Growing up in the 1950s, when stammering wasn't talked about, left Bill feeling marginalised. Here he tells us his story and highlights how we shouldn't forget to include older generations who stammer.

Jia tells us her story of growing up in a small Chinese village where support for her stammer was scarce. But when she moved to the USA, things started to change.

David writes about the impact his childhood speech & language therapist had on him. He just wishes he was more appreciative at the time.

Retired doctor David shares his story of living with a stammer, from finding things difficult at school to looking forward to giving lectures.

Megumi introduces us to her blog 'Stuttering Chameleon Diary', in which she writes about living and working in Japan with a stammer.

One of our fantastic helpline & webchat volunteers reflects on being nominated for Volunteer Team of the Year award at the Third Sector Awards 2021.