Your Voice

When she was bullied as a child, Allie found solace in the school music room. Now travelling the world as a professional singer, she urges us not to let stammering hold us back.

After getting help through speech & language therapy, Ade has learned to be himself and embrace the strengths his stammer gives him.

Adam addresses some of the criticism towards Joe Biden, and tells us what a soon-to-be-President who has been open about his stammer means to him and the stammering community.

U.S.-based Michelle gives an American perspective on Joe Biden winning the US Presidential election.

Alan gives us his thoughts on Joe Biden, a person who stammers (PWS), becoming US President Elect, and looks at how he achieved it.

Newly qualified nurse Abbey talks about her hospital training placements, seeing her confidence grow, and how rewarding the experience has been.

When Jamie was being marked down for not saying his company's name when answering phone calls at work, he decided to address his stammer with the training team.

Keith writes about how anxiety used to stop him from doing lots of things. Since being introduced to cognitive behaviour therapy, however, all that has changed.

Vicky calls out the recruitment practices that disadvantage people who stammer, and offers some alternatives.

Jack tells us how Covid-19 has affected his year, with uni work and jobs being disrupted, and face coverings and remote working being an issue. Despite that, he reflects on the good things that have happened in 2020 so far.

Meeting other people who stammer transformed the way Kaitlin viewed her speech. Here she challenges the idea that she has to conform to expectations of fluency.