Facts/Myths
Stuttering is more common in boys than girls
Fact
Guitar player and singer with red hair who sings, "Perfect" and "Shape of You."
Ed Sheerin
This is speech that is slightly slower than normal
slow speech/slow rate
This is a type of bullying that you shouldn't do.
Make fun of someone's stuttering.
If you stutter, you are not smart.
Myth
US President who stutters
Joe Biden
Stopping between phrases or sentences
Pausing
Not letting someone have their turn to talk or jumping in before they are finished. You shouldn't do this either.
Interrupt
You can be "cured" of stuttering
Myth
Emily Blunt
Taking a breath before you talk and speaking on the exhalation
Full Breath
Looking at someone who is talking
Making eye contact
People who stutter can learn strategies to make speech easier and more fluent.
Fact
Actor who is the voice of Darth Vadar
James Earl Jones
Finish your stuttered word, say the word fluently and move on.
Cancellation
This is something you shouldn't do when someone is trying to complete their sentences
Finish someone's thoughts.
About 3 million people in the US stutter.
Fact.
Pittsburgh Penguin Player who Stutters
Bryan Rust
Stop in the middle of your stuttered word, finish it, and move on.
Pull-out.
Help people who stutter by reminding them to use these
Strategies.