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Seeking to "remove Winston Churchill's stutter by second guessing the diagnosis" indicates neither a truthful retelling of history nor an informed opinion about a complex speech disorder, say experts in the field of speech-language pathology. Recent news reports that quote Dr. John Mather, a Washington physician, as saying that Churchill's stutter "is a lie" brought adamant critical response from specialists in the field of stuttering and fluency disorders. Darren Sproles, a former player for The Philadelphia Eagles, the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers, made history in 2007 when he became the first player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt for his first two NFL touchdowns in the same game. In 2021, he was selected to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. 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

Message to a Stutterer | Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter Podcast Sign Up Virtual Learning Online CEUs Streaming Video Library Message to a Stutterer Skip to main content Skip to navigation Parents of Preschoolers Parents of School-Age Children Just for Kids Teens Adults Teachers Speech-Language Pathologists Physicians Employers An excerpt from chapter 6 of the book Advice to Those Who Stutter By Joseph G. Sheehan, Ph.D. If your experience as a stutterer is anything like mine, you’ve spent a good part of your life listening to suggestions, such as “rela

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