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Challenging speaking situations for a person who stutters: An inspirational story.
For the first time in my life, I could say whenever I wanted.
Managing Director breaks away from avoiding words starting with ‘B’ after taking control of his stammer
The course has changed everything – it’s made me a much calmer and happier person, my wife says I’m much less angry now.
My stammer was killing my confidence. How I fought back!
With every tribulation, there is now also ease which wasn’t there before. With my new way of speech, I am ready to embrace all the challenges that life has to throw my way, and I intend to take them head-on, eloquently.
There is no cure for stuttering — the only way forward for Owen is to take control of his stutter instead of it controlling his life.
Since joining the program, Mr Westwood has moved on from the job he hated and now works full-time as an audio visual technician — and he loves it.
9 things not to say to people with stammers
People finishing your sentences, or being told to “spit it out”, here are nine things people with stammers hear all the time.
Forced into silence: “My stammer forced me into silence for years – I couldn’t even say my own name.”
Georgia Scott’s stammer once prevented her from saying her own name – now, she documents her condition to millions on TikTok in the hope that she can help educate others.
Why is stuttering so difficult to overcome? Stuttering is difficult to overcome for various reasons – Listen to Dave McGuire’s perspective.
NEW* Listen to an additional ‘Bonus Chapter’ from the Beyond Stuttering audiobook narrated by Dave McGuire, the founder of the McGuire Programme. Dave McGuire gives…
‘This stutter course changed my life’: How a speech program is helping Manchester residents overcome their stammer/stutter.
“These guys started out on Wednesday night not being able to say their names, Thursday night they can say their names and addresses, Friday they were able to do telephone calls to complete strangers, and here we are on Saturday watching them find new confidence in their voice and putting it into action”.
School For Stammerers
Tuesday, January 09th at 9 pm on ITV Taster clip ‘School For Stammerers’: https://we.tl/vfckUJEoOU
Every parent’s dream! Working on his stutter transformed my son from a timid youth to a confident adult.
Last month, we returned to Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland to hold our FIRST In-Person course in over 2 years. 11 New Students attended the course and they worked really hard over the 3 days. The parents of the under 18s also attended and they played an important and active part in this course in encouraging and helping the new students overcome their stutter. A great team effort!
Back to working hard on our stutter after 2 years online!
Back to doing what we do best! Working hard on our stutter with face to face, in-person interactions.
Stammering & Asperger’s Syndrome are both part of me and who I am
Since joining The McGuire Programme I have attended numerous courses and improvement days throughout the UK to help with my speech which I have worked hard on. I practice every day so that I don’t fall back to how I was before joining the programme.