5 Ways to Connect with the Stuttering Foundation on Social Media

Blog by Jane Fraser

More people than ever are using social media platforms to engage with thousands of others on topics around stuttering and fluency. Social media is a resource to share your own experience with stuttering while hearing firsthand about the lives of others. When you engage with us on our social media channels and share our content, it helps us reach more of the stuttering community!

Facebook – Like our Facebook page to find more resources on the latest development in treatment options. You will also see our stuttering blog posts, where members of the stuttering community share their own stories and experiences.

Twitter – On our Twitter community, you’ll find the answers to Frequently Asked Questions about stuttering. We post common stuttering facts and information that will help you navigate your relationship with #stuttering.

YouTube – Subscribe to our YouTube account for access to videos catered to a diverse set of age groups and demographics, including videos for Adults, Parents, Professionals, Kids and Teens, as well as videos En Español. Stuttering Foundation's YouTube page is also a hub for exceptional videos on Virtual Learning.

LinkedIn – On LinkedIn, you can learn about job opportunities at the Stuttering Foundation and build your professional network within the stuttering community.

Pinterest – Follow us on Pinterest if you're a visual learner and enjoy structured information on stuttering. Pin your favorite inspirational quotes by famous people who stutter as well as resources on speech therapy.

Posted March 1, 2020

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.

Lewis Carroll

The recent Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, garnered a great deal of media hype. Even though the mainstream media has not made mention that Carroll was a person who stuttered, his family history gives credence to the discovery of the genetic link to stuttering. Carroll was born to parents who were first cousins; almost all of their eleven children, three girls and seven boys, struggled with stuttering past childhood.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA’s All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.

King George

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.