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The King's Speech is on Netflix

The King's Speech is on Netflix [https://www.netflix.com/title/70135893](https://www.netflix.com/title/70135893) Just in case you haven't seen it. It's a nice representation of stuttering and a good ...

Also country singer Mel Tillis achieved great fame with his singing. He had very low fluency in interviews and such but that man could sing. ...

I didn't realize it was Stuttering awareness week but I've been calling a bunch of places looking for new tires and stuttering like a mad man. Lol....

I meet a lot of people that don't even know stuttering is a thing. Maybe spreading awareness isn't so bad? ...

I feel like I'm spreading awareness often enough that I don't need a particular day for it. :) Isn't it more a thing to draw the attention of non-stutterers "automatically"?...

Today is the first day of National Stuttering Awareness Week (USA). How are you spreading awareness?

Today is the first day of National Stuttering Awareness Week (USA). How are you spreading awareness? ...

Stuttering, a Stream of Consciousness Essay

Stuttering, a Stream of Consciousness Essay Ever since i can remember I have stuttered. I try to convince people that it doesn’t bother me, this is a lie. It does get to me. Often times when i meet so...

In being portrayed on television and film they seek to amplify and exemplify the repulsive aspect of the disfluency. (For dramatic effect) They're seeking a reaction. And they get it. I stutter, a...

Yes. This is why people unfamiliar with stuttering think we’re idiots. We do not have a “national day” or an awareness day. The same thing happens to red heads in Hollywood and on cartoons. Me being a...

I agree. LOVE the way it is portrayed in IT. Part 2, coming next year, shows the Losers as adults, so it’ll be interesting how stuttering is portrayed in adult-Bill! This movie, and the King Speech ...

hated it in the last jedi, as it was done in a comedic way. generally though the exposure is good i think....

I hated how stuttering was portrayed in “The Wedding Ringer”. They made the trait of having a stutter seem unattractive and almost mentally handicapping despite who you are as a person and exaggerated...

I really appreciated Norma in Orange is the New Black. You go a long time thinking she's unable to speak because she never does. Turns out, she's got a severe stutter. I could relate to that a lot. ...

I remember one day at my in-laws house there was a John Wayne movie playing. In the movie John was talking to a bunch of kids and one of the boys had a stutter. So John got the boy so mad that he call...

I like 90% of Tropic Thunder. The 10% I don't like is Simple Jack. After all, how did Simple Jack go full retard? He stuttered. Thats it. Other than that, his behavior doesnt actually seem out of lin...

I actually don't like when it's portrayed "seriously." My favourite movie of all time is The Waterboy. I think Adam Sandler completely nailed the humour and what's funny about stuttering....

Do you get pissed off when you see how "stammering" is portrayed in movies and TV?

Do you get pissed off when you see how "stammering" is portrayed in movies and TV? I've literally never seen anyone in real life so nervous or lovestruck that they mentally collapse into an incoherent...

I have a friend who has a youtube channel, and in her most recent video, you can tell she has a stutter. She's my age, and if you want it and to show it to your daughter, PM me and I'll send you the l...

In fairness I thought the stuttering lawyer in My Cousin Vinny was absolutely hilarious. I tried to watch the kings speech and had to give up on it, it was just too hard for me to watch. ...

National Stuttering Association Exec makes 110K per year (only full time staff)!!!!

National Stuttering Association Exec makes 110K per year (only full time staff)!!!! I just found out that Tammy Flores makes over 110K per year as the only full time staff member at the NSA. The NSA a...