People often hang up on Roy van der Aa. “I’m on the phone every day; I hate it,” the native Hollander said during a break at his art studio in Las Cruces. Yet, as publisher of The Ink, a monthly ...

The former vice president says he keeps in touch with about 15 people who stutter to offer guidance Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For many people, ringing in the New Year brings hope and joyful anticipation. But for those who struggle with stuttering, the old fears of speaking and being teased are the same. “I ...

In mainstream media, stuttering is often comical or a symptom in people who are overly vulnerable and nervous. But the condition doesn’t stem at all from nerves or anxiety … and instead of a source of ...

The medical condition, “disfluent speech” or “dysfluent speech” is commonly referred to as “stuttering” in American English. In British English, the condition is called “stammering.” The terms ...

Starting school can be daunting for any child. Often it is the first excursion into the world without parent contact. The teacher is a new person in the child’s life, who, among many other things, is ...

As schools resume this fall, teachers may encounter students like Brayden Harrington, the 13-year-old Democratic National Convention speaker who shared the story of how Joe Biden, the party’s nominee ...

President Joe Biden, Ed Sheeran and more have talked about their experiences struggling with — and surmounting — a stutter. Read their personal stories Some of the most influential people in the world ...