Ingleby Barwick Man Enjoys Speaking After Overcoming Stammer
UK Graduate Andy Kelly tells his local paper, The Northern Echo, about how he finally tackled his stutter at the age of 50.
UK Graduate Andy Kelly tells his local paper, The Northern Echo, about how he finally tackled his stutter at the age of 50.
Ever since he was a young boy McGuire Graduate Chris Wilton has shaken off callous jeers and taunts due to a speech impediment. He recently spoke to The Western Gazette about his experiences of stuttering and the McGuire Programme.
Megan focused on her stammer and turned her life around.
We had an amazing turnout – with around 40 people attending in total – some travelling from as far as Denmark, Singapore and New Zealand to be here. We gained 8 more members to the programme, all of whom went through their first intensive course and gained valuable and life-changing skills – to help them towards taking control of their stutter and becoming amazing speakers.
Jennifer Vaughan had five years of speech lessons with The McGuire Programme ahead of the big day.
Tuesday, January 09th at 9 pm on ITV Taster clip ‘School For Stammerers’: https://we.tl/vfckUJEoOU
Living with a stammer can be isolating and frightening but reporter Freya Findlay meets one man who is not letting it hold him back.
Four weeks ago, we held a very successful in-person course in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. 11 New Students attended the course…
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 doing what we do best! Working hard on our stutter with face to face, in-person interactions.
Leonard (Len) Langford passed away on Saturday 12 August 2006, following an apparent heart attack at his home.
Amy Stewart was a 24-year-old McGuire graduate from Melbourne, Australia who was killed in a car accident on 2 Sep 2006.