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 causes 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.
¥   Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Carly Simon,  
     James Earl Jones,  Ken Venturi, Bob Love, John 
     Updike, Lewis Carroll, and King George VI-- all 
     stuttered and went on to have successful lives. 
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¥   The Stuttering Foundation of America maintains a 
     toll-free Hotline on Stuttering 1-800-992-9392.  
     Call for free information brochures and a nationwide 
     resource list of speech-language pathologists who 
     specialize in stuttering. 
¥   The Stuttering Foundation, the first non-profit, 
     charitable organization in the world to concern 
     itself with the prevention and improved treatment of 
     stuttering, has distributed over three million 
     publications to both the public and professionals.