Live Online Courses for people who stutter/stammer
We are thrilled to report that our first live virtual course took place in December 2020 for people who stutter/stammer and it was a huge success.
We are thrilled to report that our first live virtual course took place in December 2020 for people who stutter/stammer and it was a huge success.
In Australia, ‘Stutter School’, the long-awaited hour-long Amazing Stutter School Documentary – Premiered 5 January 2021!, followed four new students from all ages and walks of life, as they begin their McGuire Programme journey to overcome stuttering. The documentary premiered on the 5th January 2021
Megan Gribben, a first-year student mental health nurse, didn’t let her stammer prevent her from securing a place on the degree course she always wanted
We Zoomed around the world yesterday raising awareness of stuttering
An estimated 1pc of the population lives with a stammer, and Christie Toney is among them. But, like US presidential candidate Joe Biden, she has learnt to cope with the condition. Gabrielle Monaghan reports
Not even social distancing and Covid-19 could hold back the willingness to become strong, eloquent speakers.
The McGuire Programme – Beyond Stuttering held its first virtual staff training.
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Below is the piece written by Oleksandr’s mother on her reflection to the previous year (2016), when her son joined the McGuire Programme. Tetiana (Oleksandr’s mother) was sure it will help others who have doubts to get more clarity about program, or to family members of those on the program.
Inspirational Callum Wells is working really hard on his speech. Read below and rewards he is getting from working on his stutter.
WHEN Emily Blunt revealed her school-days torment caused by her stutter, it brought memories flooding back for Rachel Black. Like the Mary Poppins Returns star, she also had a stammer that made life hell. She had to turn her back on going to university, shut herself away to avoid embarrassment and couldn’t even order a coffee.
For more than 25 years, a speech disorder left Bryan Duff unable to say his own name.