National Stuttering Association - has TWST (Teens Who Stutter) groups designed for teenagers who stutter and their families. Teen groups help adolescents who stutter meet others who have faced similar challenges in their lives. Teens are also welcome at the adult chapter meetings. The NSA also has many Social Media and Internet Groups including one specifically designed for Teens Who Stutter
For Teens from the Stuttering Foundation provides a major page devoted to Teens Who Stutter.
"Do You Stutter: Straight Talk for Teens." - a video
"Do You Stutter: A Guide For Teens" - to and for the teen who stutters. Written by seven leading speech pathologists who give practical advice to teens on coping with and overcoming their problems. Also available in Spanish. 80 pages.
A brochure by the Stuttering Foundation of AmericaTurning Teens on to Therapy by William H. Perkins, reprinted from Do You Stutter: A Guide For Teens.
Tammy Bryant-McMillin is a speech therapist. She has put online a Stuttering Awareness Game to help learn facts about stuttering.
i stutter: what's next a site for teens who stutter created by 4th year Bachelor of Speech Pathology students (Jen Bourke, Simone Fraser, Suzi Josevski, Lisa Sedgley, Brooke Streatfeild and Mitzi Tuke) in the School of Human Communication Sciences at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, under the supervision of Dr Susan Block and Mrs Fiona Ross
Read the updates from Christopher Kessler who wrote to this page 20 years ago as a 16 year old and who is now 36 years old and a successful state legislator in Maine Looking for a Little Hope by Christopher Kessler, age 16 with updates 10 and 20 years later!
A free download of the Stuttering Foundation's brochure with a mini poster of Famous People Who Stutter
Two papers from ISAD online conferences featuring short articles about several famous people who stutter. Some are historical figures and some are current examples of people who stutter who haven't let stuttering interfere with their lives or careers.
Stuttering Didn't Stop Them! Famous People Who Stutter From Around The World - by Alan Badmington (Wales), Anita Scharis Blom (Sweden), Christine Badgett-Richards (England), Warren Brown (New Zealand), Marija Cvetkovic (Croatia), Andrew Harding (England), Margaret M. Leahy (Ireland), Benny Ravid (Israel), Pedro Rodriquez (Venezuela), Konrad Schaefers (Germany), Gina Waggott (England), and Albert Zhang (China)
A website dedicated to the memory of John Larkin, also known as Scatman John, an Amercian musician who was a person who stuttered. Remembering Scatman John.
People who stutter excel in a wide variety of careers. Several people posted information about their jobs to Stutt-l in January in response to a post by Ira Zimmerman who was writing an article for ADVANCE Magazine. His article, In Career Search, Sky's the Limit for People Who Stutter is reprinted with permission. A discussion about Giving up - or just facing reality - "Are people who stutter really limited in their career choices? Are there certain jobs that they cannot do?" - may also be appropriate.
EXTRAordinary People Who Stutter - an ISAD online paper by students in Judy Kuster's undergraduate stuttering class provides a glimpse of some "every-day" occupations of people who stutter.
It is hoped the information and materials in the Just for Teens section will be helpful. If you have any ideas about how to make it better, please email the current Webweaver, Judy Kuster.
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