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.
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.
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.
In spite of not having any face-to-face courses for two years, the Bristol course was extremely successful.
Martin Coombs always showed courage, bravery and was a winner. He was a member, coach, course instructor and staff trainer on our programme. ‘B’ words and sounds were a huge challenge for Martin so he changes his name to ‘Bill Bottle’ until he had overkilled that fear. Martin embraced and practised all the techniques taught on the programme with a fighting and never give up attitude.
What an amazing intensive McGuire Programme Hybrid Stutter Course we ran over zoom between 7-10 April. All 12 new students had many meetings with our…
We Zoomed around the world yesterday raising awareness of stuttering
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.