Whether it’s people finishing your sentences, or being told to “spit it out”, here are nine things people a stammer are tired of hearing. This video features members of The McGuire Programme Rashid Mahmood and Michael Joyes (but not all people featured are members of the programme) via BBC Three: www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree
Change takes considerable time and effort. Changing something like old stuttering behaviors takes considerable effort. You will need to put up with the discomfort, uncertainty, and hard work on a daily basis. Until such time that you have developed and grown into the person, you want to become.
Rich Whincup Overcomes Stammer and Becomes Town Crier to Inspire Others Rich Whincup, the newly appointed town crier of Tewkesbury, aims to inspire others with…
This course reminded us of the tremendous benefits of spending 3½ days in a room with people who are all working towards the same goals. For our own benefit and for the benefit of the whole group. We used this dynamic to encourage each other to work harder, speak up more assertively and fully express ourselves.
This winter many brave individuals – a doctor intern, a social worker, a couple of college students, and many working professionals descended into New Delhi from all over India to beat their stammers. Their only hope was to get the voice they never had.
The McGuire Programme is not a cure for stuttering but it teaches you techniques to help overcome stuttering. If it helped me it can help you too.
After another successful course in Sydney, where we had around 40 attendees from all over Australia as well as New Zealand, completing over 1000 contacts…
