School for Stammerers

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Did anyone watch?
I found it fascinating watching (feels like the wrong word but don't know what other word to use)
Made me cry
To see the difference in them after was amazing

I've recorded it as my 9 yr old ds has a stammer and we are going to watch it together tomorrow night. He's the only person in his school with a stammer so it's important for me that he knows he's not the only one and also for him to see that his isn't that bad compared with a lot of other stammerers.

I'm praying it doesn't get worse as he gets older but the Maguire program looks excellent.

I cried too with both sadness and joy watching them all change their lives so much. Really uplifting programme.

It was a brilliant programme. I cheered when they all said their names for the first time.

I used to have a stammer when I was a child and I remember those feelings of not wanting to talk to anyone. I dreaded the teacher asking me a question in class. I used to do exactly as they did, take a deep breath so I could get the words out in one go. Thankfully I grew out of it but I really empathised with them all on this programme.

It did make you cheer didn't it. Amazing

Mrs whiplington, how old were you when you grew out of your stammer out of interest?

Just finished watching this. It was so uplifting and heartwarming. I used to have a stammer when I was younger. I went to speech therapy and it was gone when I was 6 or 7. When I am over excited i don't stammer now but do get tangled over my words and have to stop, pause and start again.

I have a stammer. Have done ever since I was little. I did a course similar to the one shown, but mine was a more lengthy one.

I loved this programme, was so pleased for them all

Redwineallmine what was the course you did out of interest?

It was a fantastic programme and those people were really brave to be on it.
I cried too!
Just being able to say their name without stammering was a huge achievement for them and you could see how proud they were of themselves.

Tanfastic I was probably about 8 or 9 years old when I grew out of my stammer. I was always anxious at school, worried about tests, doing things wrong. My siblings used to tease me about it which didn't help. But my mum just told me not to worry and never seemed concerned about it. I never really grew out of the worry about school and exams though.

Aww thanks for that. My ds is 9 but isn’t showing any signs of growing out of it yet although I never give up hope

Tanfastic it was at CityLit just a few minutes from Covent Garden, London. Mine was a 2 month course all paid for by my employer at the time. Learning covert speech techniques. I remember being made to talk to the public like that. I thoroughly enjoyed the course! Had it's perks, 2 months in a nice London Hotel!

Sorry I missed it - what was the theory? I remember learning treatment when I was studying psychology and then therapy. Singing was one thing that helped people.

I haven't grown out of mine. I'm 35 now, I still have it. It gets a lot worse when I'm tired, hungover & excited. Thing with a stammer is you learn to control it. Although stats do suggest some people grow out of them. Thing is I wouldn't change it, it's made me who I am today and is all a part of my personality.