Stuttering Experience

When I used to stutter I would block mostly on vowel sounds at the beginning of words. I would struggle with “iya-iya-iya-iya” just to begin with the word “I”. Needless to say, this sounded very odd and I was very embarrassed. Somehow I changed the format of my stuttering to stutter on consonants rather than […]

Why do I stutter? When I was a young boy in school, I didn’t have a clue why I stuttered. Everyone around me had no problem. They said whatever they wanted – anytime, anywhere. My two sisters were on the phone for hours. I listened to them and hated that I was afraid to even

I was a severe stutterer for the first thirty-five years of my life. Now I don’t stutter anymore because I found some effective treatment, but more about that later. I want to tell you from my experience what it means to stutter or stammer. Stuttering means the same thing as Stammering. Stuttering is used in

Most people don’t know the best ways to react when confronted with a person with a stuttering problem. Only one percent of people stutter. Chances are talking with a person who stutters will be a rare occurrence. Here are some do’s and don’ts that that will show you how to help someone who stutters. Dont’s

According to a national survey, 11.1% of undergraduate students reported having a disability including a stuttering disability. These students are entitled to the same quality of education as anyone else, even though they may face unique challenges. The  team of experts at the Affordable Colleges published a financial aid guide for students with disabilities that helps students: Find specific

When I was high school age,  mother (bless her heart) drove me twice a week from New York to Connecticut to see a specialist in stuttering therapy. She later told me, before my first session this “expert” told her that SHE WAS THE CAUSE OF MY STUTTERING!! So here is more of a stutterer’s story:

October 22 will be International Stuttering Awareness Day this year. Many people who stutter, therapists who work with stuttering and stuttering researchers use this day to pass along accurate information about stuttering and stuttering therapy. There are many myths about stuttering that are still believed by many people who stutter and parents of stutterers today.

This is what really drove me to my stuttering therapy….the pain of stuttering. For me, the thing that really held me back, while I was still stuttering, was not the stuttering itself. I felt that I could hide the stuttering –  sometimes at least. Here are the ways that I hid my stuttering: Kept my

I want to talk to the people who stutter who are reading this blog. Recently, I have been to several workshop and seminars that present information to people who stutter and speech-language pathologists  The message I hear most clearly is that stuttering is OK and is not the fault of the person who stammers. This

I hated my stuttering!! Sitting in the back of the room, avoiding conversations, missing out on the good jobs, and not meeting new people because of this embarrassing problem?  This is why I hated my stuttering Hi. My name is Mark Power and for 35 years I felt like a misfit and an alien. No