Not everyone who stutters wants to change their innate speaking voice. I can hate the stigma without hating my voice.

Dori Holte, author of Voice Unearthed and Voices Unearthed, is an exception to my wariness of ‘well-intended allies’. Here are some great insights from her blog…

Graphics for International Stuttering / Stammering Awareness Day

Stutterers think ‘people can leave us or take us’ but ignore the systemic oppression that happens in an uneducated society.

Going back to to the chaos that is Dr. Edward Wheeler Scripture… A glimpse into one of the major early influencers of stuttering therapy.

“What was your experience as a person who stutters in speech therapy, and what do you wish was different?”

Maybe that’s what I’d tell my younger self: don’t wait for your sign from God. Do what you want to do, and do it scared.

How borrowed language from the queer community upset me and then taught me.

I can hardly blame parents and caregivers for their fear when they see messaging that paints stuttering as some "devastating human disorder". What other conclusions are left for them to draw?

Hundreds of people within the stuttering community will ask each other, “Do you consider stuttering a disability?” This question is just reeked in ableism. Please stop asking it.

Did you know there was no research about the Speech Easy when it was released in June 2001? And that despite Oprah claiming it to be a miracle device, Speech Easy states they do not cure stuttering?