Stuttering: We need to shatter stigma
Today we observed International Stuttering Awareness Day, an occasion for the betterment of those who stutter. “Stuttering is a speech disorder characterised by repetition of sounds, syllables, or words; prolongation of sounds; and interruptions in speech known as blocks,” explains the U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). “An individual who stutters …
