As his peers prepared for another school year, then 7-year-old Cameron Coppen stood in front of his first grade class, prepared to address them. "I'm sure you have noticed that sometimes I get stuck ...

Join the new Rockford Family Chapter Jan. 3 for support, resources, and community for kids who stutter and their families.

NCAA and NBA basketball star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist takes batting practice with the Houston Astros and George Springer at Minute Maid Park in April 2018 in Houston. Both Kidd-Gilchrist and Springer ...

Nov. 2—Former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist knows about the taunting children who stutter face. "I've stuttered my entire life," said Kidd-Gilchrist, who won a national championship with the ...

ROCK HILL, N.Y. -- When Matt Hobbs first showed up at Camp Our Time a year ago, he barely spoke. Even surrounded by other young stutterers, maybe it didn't make sense for a teen with as severe an ...

Most cases of stuttering actually begin during childhood. One of the major causes of stuttering is genetics; it runs in families, and a male child is more likely to stutter than a female child.

When Evan Usler was just 6 years old, he knew his stuttering would persist into adulthood. He was among the one in 10 children who develop a stutter at a young age. Most children who stutter recover ...

Researchers at Michigan State University’s Developmental Speech Laboratory have been awarded $3.1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the impact of stuttering on children.

During the school year, Charlie Rosso, 10, was mocked and called names every day at his Riverhead middle school because he stutters. "I kind of get used to it, almost, but still I don't like it," ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Grant Peterson is a friendly, outgoing guy who loves to talk. It just takes him longer to get the words out. The 20-year-old college student has been stuttering for as long as he can ...

"What somebody who stutters has to say is just as important as what anybody else has to say: It just might take them a little longer to get it out.” As his peers prepared for another school year, then ...