OUR GOALS

RESEARCH

Our mission is to raise funding for research into the biological causes and psychological impacts that affect People Who Stutter and their loved ones; create educational articles, videos, and podcasts.

EDUCATION

We want to educate and inform non-stutterers on the types of discrimination, bullying, and harassment People Who Stutter face at school, work, and in everyday situations requiring verbal communication.

EMPATHY

People Who Stutter want to receive the same level of empathy and understanding as those with visible disabilities, particularly in educational settings and places of employment.

COMMUNITY

We want to cultivate a caring community where People Who Stutter and non-stutterers can share personal experiences and offer stuttering help to others facing similar situations, and consolation to those in desperate need.

WHY IS IT CRUEL?

I’m sure you’re reading this wondering, why is stuttering “cruel“?

This intriguing phrase popped into my mind after I experienced some fluency issues while on vacation with my family.

All had gone well until I ran into a speech block while doing a typical, everyday thing we all take for granted — placing a simple lunch order.

It reset any confidence I had built up in my fluency, and anyone who knows me is aware that I’ve put in a lot of time and effort working on it. Needless to say, I was absolutely demoralized and deflated.

I kept mostly to myself for the rest of the day until we decided to visit the beach, an obsession my daughter and I both share. We were all enjoying a quiet moment together in the water when I suddenly turned to my wife and uttered the phrase that perfectly summed up all of my struggles with speech:

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