Links To Other Resources

Stuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is broken by repetitions, prolongations or abnormal stoppages of sounds and syllables. Unusual facial and body movements may also be associated with the effort to speak.

• 3 million people in the U.S. stutter (approximately 1% of the population); 60 million worldwide.
• Stuttering need not impede success in adulthood. Winston Churchill, John Stossel, Bill Walton, Carly Simon and even James Earl Jones are among the many people who overcame their stuttering.
• 3 out of 4 stutterers are male.
• There is no known single cause for stuttering, but current research being conducted is focused on the connection between stuttering and the neurological coordination of speech.

Resources for Adults and Children Who Stutter

• The Stuttering Homepage
• National Stuttering Association
• The Stuttering Foundation of America
• National Association of Young People Who Stutter
• International Stuttering Associations
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Associations
• The European League of Stuttering Associations
• British Stammering Association
• Canadian Association for People Who Stutter
• International Fluency Association
• Toastmasters International

Research Resources

• East Carolina University's Stuttering Page
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• The Psychology Speech Group
• The Australian Stuttering Research Centre
• Helsinki University of Technology
• Brock University Stuttering Research Laboratory
• Brain Imaging Studies of People Who Stutter
• ELSA: Stuttering and Labour Market
• International Project on Attitudes Toward Stuttering (IPATS) Project