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A Nonprofit Organization FALL 2011 Since 1947 ... Helping Those Who Stutter

Interaction of Both Sides of the Brain in Adults By MWartinh Soom mSetr, uMt.Dt.er University of Göttingen a Fluent speech primarily involves the left half of the brain, also called the left hemisphere (Brown et al., The King’s Speech 2005; Fox et al., 1996). Ever since Features the 1920s, disturbed lateralization of brain function, i.e. an abnormal in - Stuttering Foundation PSA volvement of the right hemisphere, WhilTeh e tKhien g’sO Sspceaerc-wh inning tremendous response to the public has been regarded as a possible movie is uni - service announcement from view - cause of stuttering versally treasured by the stutter - ers across the country looking for (Travis, 1978). In ing community, there help with stuttering,” support of this, stud - is a hidden gem on said Jane Fraser, presi - ies in the sug - the DVD and Blu-ray dent of the Stuttering gested that hearing is editions released in Foundation. not as left lateralized mid-April. “Inclusion of our PSA in adults who stutter A 60-second public on the DVD is so mar - as it is in fluent service announce - velous for our cause.” Martin Sommer, M.D. speaking individuals ment (PSA) created T“hWe eK hionpge’ sa cSoppeye coh f (Curry and Gregory, 1969). In the by the Stuttering last 15 years, brain imaging studies Foundation is includ - DVD, including our have further supported this assump - ed in the “Special video, will end up in tion by showing that in stuttering, Features” section of the home of every per - the left and right brain hemispheres the DVD and Blu-ray release. son who stutters, every speech do not share the burden of speaking The PSA features children who therapist’s office, every school properly. These imaging studies in - stutter sharing their own experi - counselor’s desk and every dicate a shift of speech related brain ences with stuttering and treat - university speech-language activity to the right hemisphere in ment, and offers assistance course professor’s briefcase,” adults who stutter (Brown et al., through the Foundation’s web - Fraser said. “It is a story worth 2005; Fox et al., 1996). site and toll-free hotline. seeing over and over again for In trying to better understand “We’ve been stunned by the years to come.” what is behind this abnormal later - alization of brain functions in adults who stutter and how it contributes to stuttering, we recently performed Two Meaningful Bequests a study on interhemispheric inhibi - Gifts totaling more than arts institutions, he was a re - tion (IHI). This is a measure of how $92,000 were received this year tired life insurance salesman. He grew up in a West Baltimore one hemisphere’s motor cortex in - from the estCathesa rolfe tsw Ao .e xWceupntidoen r- fluences and inhibits the activity in al donors, row house on Grantley Street Continued on page 17 Louise Cook Holmes and . with his family. One friend had this to say, “Charlie was eru - Mr. Wunder, age 77, had been dite, well-informed, and Inside a faithful donor since 1996. A 4James Earl Jones Honored ...... 7 funny.” Another added, “May 4 lifelong resident of Baltimore Celebrity Brothers ...... 10 you always havCeo nqtiunaueild oton phaguen 1t7, 4Kids Pages ...... 14 and avid supporter of the city’s THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 2 Stuttering and the Big Cats Editor’s Note: The new DVD is an Inspirational Story featur - mountable obstacle. Through hard able and hope that every young per - iSntgu ttAelrainng R aanbdi nthoew iBtzi gw Casa tsunveiled work, perseverance and dedication son who stutters has an opportunity during the New York gala. to his true passions, Alan never let to hear Alan’s story.” stuttering hold him back from his “I recall vividly as a child star - Stuttering and quest to help endangered animals,” ing at a jaguar as he paced in ntheew B figil mC attistled featuring his cage at the zoo,” said Arenowned American zool - Rabinowitz. “He was trapped, ogist, conservationist, and seeking a way out of a dark field biologist Dr. Alan world, something I related to Rabinowitz is now avail - strongly at the time. And I able on DVD from the knew then that when I found Stuttering Foundation. my voice, I would use it for Stuttering and the him, for saving big cats BigIn Cats , Dr. Rabinowitz, around the world. My love president and CEO of for wildlife and the urgency New York-based Panthera, needed to save the big cats shares his life-long strug - helped me overcome stutter - gle to overcome stuttering ing. This life-long quest has through his work protect - resulted in Panthera – which ing the world’s largest and is now my platform for most imperiled cats. The Alan Rabinowitz speaks during the New York gala. speaking loudly for, and film captures his address working to save, some of the to young people who stut - planets greatestS stuptetcerieinsg.” and ter at the annual conven - theT hBei ga vCaailtas bility of

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“My love for wildlife and the urgency needed to save the big cats helped me overcome stuttering.” Stuttering and the Big Cats... Scenes from the new DVD THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 3

Frances Cook of the Joe Fulcher, vice president Centre for of the Stuttering Foundation Jane Fraser, president of Stammering Children Alan Rabinowitz, president the Stuttering Foundation and CEO of Panthera.

Stuttering FoundaTthioen K ainngd’ sM Sicpheaeecl h Palin CentreThe fLolloawinug redmar ks were given by Jane Fraser at the have a voice, we will be heard”; Stuttering Foundation’s first- Geoffrey Rush was amazing – a therapist who showed ever Gala. us what the termK “itnhger’sa peSuptiece aclh liance” is all about. The entire team won endless Oscars/Golden Globes and resounding and well-de - Actor speaks his incredible movie served praise from all over the world! with Jane Fraser. and its superb portray - So we want to thank The Weinstein Company for Tal of King George VI by their unparalleled support! Thanks also go out to Colin Firth have truly turned our world upside down. Anchor Bay Entertainment and Blu-ray. So tonight, we honor this exceptional film that has Working together, these friends have included our brought so much help public service an - to so many. Michael Palin Centre Co-Hosts Gala nouncement on every Excellence is the “Our Co-Host is Frances single copy of the name of the game. Cook, who heads the DVD that launches This film included the Michael Palin Centre for tomorrow – giving most extraordinary Stammering Children, which everyone who has a acting we have ever is staffed by 11 remarkable copy a nonprofit seen wrapped up in therapists,” said Jane Fraser. soTuhrcise iosf threullpy. an in - one movie. “Since 2006, the Stuttering credible lasting lega - Colin Firth brought Foundation has partnered cy for generations to a new understanding with the Centre, which offers come. of stuttering and its some of the best therapy in paralyzing fear; the world. Fran will share brought how they are converting Frances Cook, Steffi Schopick, us excellence in di - awareness into action!!!” Lee Caggiano and Tom Caggiano recting — everything “Also, I want to recog - hold a poster of the Michael Palin and everybody in nize Michael Palin who Centre’s new building opening perfect sync; gave us such tremendous September 2011. David Seidler support during the past 6 spoke for all who stut - months. Without Michael’s help, I would never have had my Actors Colin Firth and ter when he said “we 25 minutes of fame with Colin!” Michael Palin.

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Sterling Publishing Reaches America Donates Books “We’ve come full circle – our founder, my father Malcolm “We are happy to have Fraser, was inspired by King The King’s George VI. But thanks again tShpee encehw book, The King’s Speech , and the Sterling to , I have Publishing team here just discovered that he too with us tonight,” Jane was helped by Lionel Fraser said. Logue!” said Jane Fraser. In 1926, Malcolm Fraser Jane Fraser with Peter Publisher Jason Prince, Greenhalgh and Nathaniel Joshua Mrvos, Nathaniel was personal secretary to Maraunas. Maraunas, and Caroline Joe Fulcher and Peter a prominent Philadelphia Mann graciously shipped Greenhalgh, grandson of lawyer named J. Stanley J. Stanley Smith, Esq. Smith. Fraser handled in a copy of this excellent book for eveTrhyeo nSeu nadt athye T gimaleas . It was written by Peter Conradi of Smith’s correspondence and Mark Logue, Lionel’s grandson who uncovered so when he was in England and France. many marvelous old photos and anecdotes that are in - “At that time my father was struggling terribly with his cluded in the book and in the movie! stuttering and J. Stanley Smith offered a safe haven,” Fraser explained. “He was a man who stuttered, who was success - 40 YEARS OF SUPPORT ful, and who offered my father a job and also a therapy pro - gram through his own support group which he named after Robyn Mathews Charles Kingsley.” placed our very “Just months ago, I was con - first publicT IsMerE - tacted by J. Stanley Smith’s vice ad in grandson, Peter Greenhalgh, back in 1T9IM72E ! who let me know that not only Since then did his grandfather dine with has donated mil - the Prince of York, future Doyle Newmyer, Robyn Mathews lions of dollars George VI, but also with Lionel Logue. and Amani Vance. worth of public “He had frequent meetings with Logue to learn more service space to about his therapy approach!!! J. Stanley Smith brought the Foundation. Robyn’s encouragement also helped us Logue’s ideas back to Philadelphia where my father and reach out to many other magazines where our public others who stuttered profited from them. …Full circle!” service campaign is thriving. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 5

2011 Journalism AKiwng’s ardK aWnsas iCnity nStare rs The Stuttering Foundation an - SPpreesesc,h Feb. 4, 2011, “ foTrh he iKs iDnegc’s . nounces its 2011 Awards for earns praise from kids 2S3p,e e2c0h 10, article, “ Excellence in TJohuer Knainligsm’s . wSheoc ostnudtt ePr.l”ace: Victoria puts stuttering in the Sp“eTechh anks to Ahearn sCpaotteliggohrty.”: , the sheer volume of ar - of the Magazine ticles and interviews on stutter - Canadian Press, Articles ing made this year’s choice very Dec. 9, 2010, First Place: difficult,” said Jane Fraser, pres - article titled Tim Appelo ident of the Foundation. “This “Experts on Hollywoood f film has raised awareness of Stuttering Praise the The King’s Reporter Tim Appelo stuttering beyond any level we Speech for his could ever have imagined and, Victoria Ahearn for Jan. 25, 2011, ar - in turn, was the force behind all Highlighting tiKclien gti’tsl eSd peech other entries.” Coantedgitoiroyn:” Editorial “ First Place: Wins 13th Commercial Honor: Stuttering Appeal , Memphis, Tenn., for an Foundation editorial on Gives It ‘A Lynn Allison Dec. 28, Hero’s Category: Motion Picture 2010, titled Welcome.’” First Place: The Second Place: Lynn Allison The King’s Speech C“Ao mCmleearrc Miale sAspapgeea.”l Category: Radio also gave for “Six Ways to Help Kids Stop First Place exceptional coverage to the Stuttering” in tGhelo Mbea rMcha g2a8z, ine (tie): Stuttering Foundation during the 2011, issue of Category: . year with outstanding articles by Syndicated The Emily Lesley Young and Toby Sells, Columnists Rooney Show , whose article ran on the paper’s First Place: Dr. WGBH in fCroantet gpoargye:. National Daily Peter Gott Boston, Dec. Newspaper Article for 22, 2010. Emily Rooney First Place: Mary Brophy his national col - About Our umn on April Marcus USA Today Peter Gott Kids , Doctor Radio Sirius XM, of for her C10a,t e2g0o1r1y. : Feb. 11, 2011, Jess Shatkin, MD Nov. 28, 2010, Local Television News & Lori Evans, PhD, Program article First Place (tie): Hosts; Melanie Kron, Producer; “Stuttering: A Ali Gorman Emily Anton, Sound Engineer; Constant and Maurice Tunick, Senior SCtarutegggoler yto: DGaeitl yth Ne eWwosrpdasp Oerut.” of WPVI TV, Director Talk Programming. Article Philadelphia, First Place: Pa., for a Dec. Lindy 13, 2010, inter - view with Joe Washburn Ali Gorman The Record of Donaher of the for Children’s her Dec. 2, Hospital of PhiladelpAhlieax. 2010, article Jess Shatkin Lori Evans Lindy Washburn Coleman “Therapists Marybeth and Category: praise new Conley Wire Services movie for rais - of First Place: ing awareness WREG TV, Lindsey of Ssetuctotenrd ing.” Memphis, Tanner Place: Jim Tenn., inter - of the Fussell view with Jane Fraser on Feb. Jim Fussell Associated Lindsey Tanner of the 9, 2011. Continued on page 6 THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 6

Unexpected Category: National Gifts in Haiti Television News My name is Glenn Weybright. associated with the organization I First Place: I am a speech-language patholo - was going to help (Mountain Top 60 Minutes of gist in Portland, , and a Ministries). She discovered I was CBS News for an interview person who stutters. In late April, an SLP and, stopping dead in her with wildlife conservationist 2011, I spent 8 days with a med - tracks, told me she had a 26-year- AClaatne gRoarbyi:n Ionwteitrzn. et Blog ical team helping treat Haitian old son who stuttered and that he First Place: children and adults in a primary would be at the clinic all week Landau care medical clinic in the village working with the medical teams of of Gramothe, Haiti, about 15 as an English interpreter and that CNN for her miles south of Port Au Prince. he really wanted to work on his Feb. 28, T2h0e11 I was invited by a pediatrician speech. Amazing. So, every lunch Karitnicgl’es , “ friend and wound up working hour for five days this young man Speech under close medical supervision as and I gobbled our Haitian rice ’ a vic - a pharmacy and beans and tory for stut - assistant. I felt worked on his Elizabeth Landau terSeercs.o” nd called to go speech. Place: Ian Thornton but secretly There is no of was praying cure for stut - shows.ctv.ca for a chance tering; the for his Feb. to use my treatment ap - 28, 2011, post speech-lan - proach I use “George Slays guage pathol - is to teach HiTs hDirad gon.” ogy skills. tools for Place: That seemed manag ing the doubtful. I stuttering so Kenneth J. Ian Thornton Staub mean, speech Glenn Weybright with Jean. that commu - for his therapy is very nication can posting on ASHAsphere low on the list of needs of people be enhanced. This young man (blog.asha. who walk up to 12 hours to get to was ravenous to learn. He prac - org). His the doctor, right? And, even if ticed thirty minutes or more each blogs focused there was a need, I don’t speak night and showed significant im - on raising Haitian Creole, right? Well….. provement at the end of the stuttering At the airport in Port Au week. He needs to practice daily awareness Prince I was singled out to have to help make his tools more au - through a re - my luggage searched. From tomatic. I will stay in e-mail Kenneth Staub The Kviienwg’ so fS peech. out of nowhere appeared a touch with him and have asked Category: Website Haitian woman who reassured the Stuttering Foundation to First Place: Ninette Sosa me in English that she would send him materials. At the end of of stay with me. our week together, he said to me, CNN aired an With her help, I made it though “You came from out of nowhere. interview with the inspection and discovered she You must be from God.” I could Jane Fraser was the director of the orphanage have said the same to him. during numer - ous radio broadcasts. “Each entry You can designate a gift to Ninette Sosa successfully the Stuttering Foundation enhanced the public’s understanding of stut - through the United Way. tering,” said Fraser. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 7 You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet Named Greatest Stuttering Song The Stuttering Foundaotuio nA hina’st hear the tape. ANfotet r Frercaogridlie ng their rSeeceong Nnioztehdin gth Yee t song Y new album , their , a 1974 number record company, Mercury one hit by Bachman-Turner Records, asked if the band had a Overdrive, as being the most spare song to Yionuc luAdien. ’t RaSnedeny unique of the many rock songs pNloatyheindg Ytheet m featuring stuttering vocals. and explained it was Jane Fraser, president of the an inside joke and agreed to in - holding the Stuttering Foundation, Ysoaui dA irne ’-t clude the song on the album if the Monte Cristo Award. Scenentl y,N “oNthoint go nYleyt was band could re-record it. The record the first song company hated the new “serious” with stuttering vocals to reach version of the number one, song and de - James Earl but more im - manded the portantly it version with JJoanne Ferasse r,H proesindeont roef dthe was the first the stuttering Stuttering Foundation, represent - such song vocals for ed the stuttering community May that was actu - the album. 9 at the prestigious Monte Cristo ally about a The rest is Awards dinner honoring leg - real person history, as endary actor James Earl Jones. who stutters the song “James Earl Jones has been an and therefore climbed to inspiration to the stuttering com - has a human number munity for decades,” Fraser said. connection to one, giving “He has courageously shared his the struggles BTO their only chart-topper. own personal experiences with faced by someone who stutters.” Gary Bachman would over - stuttering for the benefit of all. There have been numerous come his stuttering through speech When we think of eloquence and songs in the rock era that display therapy and go on to become one fluency of speech, we think of Mr. stuttering Tvoooc aMlsu. cAh mTiomneg onth Mem y of the most successful real estate Jones as the ultimate role model.” hHaavned bs een agents in Winnipeg and own his The Eugene O’Neill Theater by StyCxh, anges by own agency for almost 30 years. Center presented its annual Monte The KnaMcky, Generationby David Said Fraser, “I know people Cristo Award to legendary Bowie,B enny and the Jbeyt s The think that these rock songs with Broadway and screen actor James Who, by stuttering vocals are cute or hu - Earl Jones, in recognition of his Elton John, and many more. morous, bYuot ui tA iins’ t aS esehna mNoe thtihnag t monumental achievements and Bachman–Turner Overdrive Yweht enever contributions to the American and consisted of the Bachman broth - is played that people do not international theater community. ers Randy, Robbie, and Tim, along know the true story behind it. If with Fred Turner. The band’s first more DJ’s mentioned the song’s manager was Gary Bachman, an - history, it would do a lot to spread other Bachman brother, who stut - a message about stuttering, not to tered. After Gary stepped down mention the fact that the audience from his job as manager, Randy woEudldit ofrin’sd into mteo: sMt iunstiecr eWsteinbg .s” ites sang their new song with stuttering and vocals as an inside joke with the fPeoaptDuruesdt .cthoim s articAlel. lAboutJazz.com intention that only Gary would

David Seidler: We Have A Voice The Stuttering Foundation has released aT DheV KDi nfega’st uSrpinegec Oh scar- winningD warvitiedr DSaevididle Sr:e idWleer , wHhaov ew rao teV oice . The wDwVwD.S, tutteringHelp.org , is available at or call 800-992-9392. James Earl Jones with Jane Fraser. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 8

Eastern Workshop Gets Top Marks

Top row, left to right: Charlotta Wising, Carla Monteleone, Gabrielle Hodes, Maryann Kaminsky, Stephanie Schwartz, Debora Freud, Holly Lomheim, Voon Keong Pang, Catarina Pisciotti, Kevin Johnson, Heidi Chew, Martina Boltuži, Jessica Mason, Sarah Henry, Ellen Kelly and Diane Parris. Bottom row: Grace Ademola, Mara Luque, Laura Buckley, Willie Botterill, Elaine Kelman, Marie Chan, Sandra Garzón, Sandy Hostler and Kavita Kaul.

By Diane Parris

The first ever two-week Eastern Workshop was held in Boston from June 13-24. Co-sponsored by the Stuttering Foundation and Boston University, the workshop attracted speech pathologists from six states and nine nations for the opportunity to learn from Willie Botterill and Elaine Kelman of the Comments from workshoppers... Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children. During “...learning to accept and the two weeks, participants trust in what a difference focused on cognitive ap - small changes can make.” proaches to working with children who stutter and their families. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy, and Family Communication Skills training were presented by these two master clinicians. Case study demonstrations and interactive exercises enlivened the learning process. Routinely throughout the program, participants were asked to share what they would take away from the day’s learning. “Working with the whole person,” “focusing on communication as the ultimate goal, stuttering or not,” “listening more to parents,” “learning to accept and trust in what a difference small changes can make,” and “going deeply into perceptions, attitudes, and feelings with children who stutter in order to help them manage issues in their lives” were just a few of the comments made by participants. “...working with the whole The background and experience of the participants was as diverse as person is important.” the nations from which they came: Argentina, Canada, Croatia, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sweden, and the United States. Participation in “jelling” exercises and sharing dorm rooms gave atten - dees ample opportunity to get to know each other. As a result, the class - room experience was enriched by informal discussions of therapy pro - grams, work settings, and cultural differences over pasta dinners and strolls along the Charles River. A network of colleagues and friends from around the globe enthusi - astically left Boston, tired yet invigorated, with new outlooks on client and family centered fluency therapy. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 9

Western Workshop Goes International

Back row: Lynne Hebert-Remson, Bo-Kyung Lee, Marc Wall, Katarzyna Wesierska, Jennifer Thomas, Carol Moody, Amanda Roche, Ashley Powers, Ann Douvier, Amy Johnson. Middle row: Melissa Kokaly, Pam France, Sharon Huttner, Valerie Yielding, Nelly Unjan , Cecilia Boulin, Surleen Singh. Seated: Jane Fraser, Jennifer Watson, Susan Hamilton, Yvonne Honanie. Front row: Bill Drudge and Enrique Gonzalez. A Limerick About the Western Workshop By Ann Douvier

Out west went twenty SLPs Comments from To learn to treat dysfluencies. workshoppers... Drawn from four nations “This was the best conference By the Stuttering Foundation ever, and I will be saying that “I will listen to To make more effective, our therapies. 10 years from now.” the fears and concerns of the We’ve all worked with children who stutter child ... I now Who’ve been told, “Slow down and don’t mutter!” By listening, reflecting, have the frame - Exploring, detecting work I’ve been We’ll help them succeed with the speech they utter. looking for!” Dr. Watson brought facts, not conjectures Ms. Hamilton deep-dialogue, fun lectures Evidence relayed Solutions role-played The two were responsive, engaging presenters.

Jane Fraser flew out from Tennessee With books, DVDs, an inspired history. Ellen Reuler, on site “I vow to be Met our needs, day and night a more reflective Making meaningful each activity. listener, provide “This was an Thanks PSU and Stuttering Foundation extraordinary more rationale...” For the gift of workshop participation. Insightful, retooled, experience And passions refueled, for me!” We’re back to work with inspired dedication! THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 10

Famous Brothers Didn’t

Up Close and Personal Lerotherts D oSminickt anud Johtn tering Stoanpd The.m He also Gregory Dunne, who died in published many books of nonfiction. 2009 and 2004 respectively, NeIwn aY oMrka yT im3,e s1982 profile in the are well known as having been fa - titled “How John Bmous writers and literary giants. Gregory Dunne puts himself in his What the public at large does not books,” ’s realize is that both Dominick childhood stuttering was listed as Dunne and his younger brother the catalyst for his becoming a writ - John Gregory not only struggled Dominick John Gregory er. Mr. Dunne became a writer, he with stuttering but also were quite Dunne Dunne says, because he stuttered as a child. open about it. “Terrified that he would be called on With the breakthrough in He would go on to have a prolific in class, he learned to express him - February 2010 of the discovery of career as a novelist, screenwriter self on paper and to listen to the way some stuttering genes, family mem - that other people talked, becoming and journalist. Vegas, True bers who stuttered were a major His novels include in the process an accomplished part of the studies that led to the ex - Confessions, Dutch Shea, Jr., The mimic – a skill that has served him Studio, Playland Monster citing identification of these genes. and . With well in writing dialogue.H” arp Dominick and John Gregory also In his 1989 memoir , John his wife, writer , he coA- had a younger brother, Stephen, wrote many screenplays such as Gregory Dunne wrote extensively who stuttered. The stuttering of Star is Born, True Confessions, Play how he was affected by the suicide It as It Lays Panic in Needle Park these three Dunne brothers is a , , of his younger brother Stephen, a compelling testament to the graphic artist who died tragi - genetic links in stuttering. cally at age 43. Stephen had The Dunne brothers were not achieved the same level of two of the six children of fluency as had his older broth - Richard Dunne, a prominent ers Dominick and John surgeon in Hartford, CT, and Gregory. He wrote about his his wife Dorothy, whose Irish relationship with Stephen, immigrant father was the first “We both had a tendency to millionaire businessman in stammer, and whenever we Hartford’s Irish community. met, all too rarely the last 15 They grew up in the fashion - years of his life, we would dis - able suburb of West Hartford. cuss stratagems to avoid the Both went to elite Catholic minefields of speech. I used to boarding schools, after which say “howdy” because I would Dominick went to Williams stumble on “hello”, and he College, and John Gregory to would say “wee” because he Princeton University. would falter on “little”, and After serving as a private when we compared tactics we in the Army following gradu - would dissolve in laughter, a ation from Princeton, John laughter that only another Gregory earned his first job stammerer could understand.” as thTeim Leo ndon correspondent Dominick Dunne began his for magazine by totally career in Hollywood produc - fabricating his resume and ing television shPolways haonuds el i9v0e using phantom references TV movies for which were never checked. on CBS. He would go on to THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 11 produce motion pictures and be - azine’s most prolific writer. er at 20th Century Fox, his suc - come an executive producer at Many of his articles were about cess failed to mesh with his child - 20th Century Fox. Two of Tthe crimes committed by the rich and fa - hood as a child who stuttered, Bmooyvsi esi nh e thper odBuacned were Ash mous; he covered many trials, such “That image of the stuttering pa - Wednesday and as those of Claus von Bulow, the thetic kid carried through even , a 1973 film starring Menendez brothers, O.J. Simpson, though it was not an image pre - and Henry Robert Blake, Phil Spector and many sented to the world.” Fonda. After a painful divorce, more. He became a regular guest on In an article titled “A Death in the Dominick Dunne’s out-of-control news shows during these Family,” Dominick Dunne ad - trials and a well-known ad - dressed the common stuttering bond vocate for victims rights. shared between him and his younger In 1985 he struTchke gTowlod brother John Gregory in Vanity Fair wMirths. Gthree nnvoilvleesl in March 2004 about the death of and many John Gregory and their often diffi - other best-sellersP eofpoll e- cult relationship. He wrote, “John lLoiwkee dU, s,s Aucnh I nacso nvenient and I had another thing in common: Woman, A Season in we both stuttered.” Purgatory, Another City, While working at Twentieth Not My Own Century Fox, Dominick Dunne was Too Much Mon,e y and friendly with their top actress at the . time, Marilyn Monroe, who is also Eight months pTrihoer on the Stuttering Foundation list of tTow toh eM rresl.e Gasree novfi lles Famous People Who Stutter. More , than once the two discussed their which was a massive past stuttering and how it had best-seller and cata - shaped them as adults as well as pulted him to fame their occasional fears that the stut - as an author, tering would return someday. Dominick Dunne Though the famous Dunne was profiled in his brothers have departed this world, their combined legacy is nothing short of amazing. Their names will be invoked for and Elizabeth Taylor. At top: Dominick Dunne decades to come e, his son Griffin Above: Dominick Dunn in both literary nne and Joan Didion. Dunne, John Gregory Du and media cir - unne. At right: John Gregory D cles, but surely no one will al - partying led to his being banished lude to the fact from Hollywood. that both broth - On the brink of poverty and ers stuttered. after much soul-seTahrceh Winign,n erhs e That three chil - wrote his first novel, , Hartford dren – Dominick, which though noNt esuwc cYeosrskf uTl,i mweas s Choomureatnotwn paper, the John Gregory and Stephen – stut - reviewed in the . , in an October 21, 1984, ar - tered out of a family of six children The horrific 1982 murder of his ticle entitled “Success and Tragedy indicates the role that genetics of daughter Dominique at the hands Rework Him.” stuttering plays. While the two of her boyfriend upset his life ter - In the article Dominick Dunne brothers will continue to inspire ribly. As a result, he wrote an ac - described himself as having been the literary world for years to Vcoaunnitty oFf athir e murder and trial for a “stuttering pathetic kid”; later come, they would no doubt also in - magazine, which in in the article he stated that despite spire countless people who stutter turn hired him to write an article having been a successful televi - to persevere and not let their stut - every month; he became the mag - sion producer and later a produc - tering be a roadblock to success. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 12

This is the second in a series of ar - Mticles featureing tStu tteBring Foounadatiorn d OMnly onee lamwyer bin eeach rsp e -Jtoax eplan niWng, inacludlinkg meatter rs board members. This article and photo cialty area in each community is relating to obtaining and main - are used with permission from honored, and the award is based taining tax-exempt status for . The Memphis Daily News on more than 3.1 million de - 501(c)3 charitable organizations, By Mark Sullivan tailed evaluations of lawyers by tax matters, fiduciary compliance, others in the field. asset protection, and trust and Memphis lawyer Joe Walker “To have my peers recognize probate estate matters. has always loved accounting, tax, me for this honor is extremely “One key to my success has trust and estate planning. He sees humbling,” Walker said. been the mentors in my life,” his chosen career as a science and “Memphis is blessed with an Walker said. “People like John an art form. While that fact may be outstanding legal profession – Doggett and Hubert McBride* unusual to some, Walker realized men and women who exhibit the put light on the path ahead of me early in life that helping others by highest degree of professional - and showed me the ropes. drafting wills and having a ism and integrity and Mentoring is very hands-on approach important to me in was his calling. giving back to others. We need more men “You must have “...the No. 1 key the technical back - and women of all ground to be suc - to success is being walks of life to lend a cessful, but the No. able to relate helping hand to oth - 1 key to success is ers through being a to and build mentor, coach or role being able to relate relationships to and build relation - model.” ships with people,” with people.” Walker and his wife of Walker said. “The 42 years, Barbara, are actively involved in the trust and estate busi - ~Joe Walker ness is all about trust, Stuttering Foundation open communica - of America. The orga - tions and listening. I nization, founded by work very hard mak - Malcolm Fraser of ing sure that is my Memphis more than reputation.” are dedicated to helping others.” six decades ago, provides adults “In my world, I am taking care Walker calls himself a and teenagers who stutter and of someone’s most important “Mississippi Transplant” hav - teachers, clinicians, doctors and possessions,” Walker added. ing relocated to Memphis other leaders with the most up-to- “We in many ways are in the from McComb, Miss., a small date information in prevention and business of caring for our town about five hours from tre“atIm heanvt oef b setuetnte rainng o. fficer and clients’ children, family mem - the Bluff City. director of the Stuttering bers, other loved ones and their Walker joined Adams and Foundation for more than 20 hopes and dreams of life. To do Reese in 2006 when the firm ex - years,” said Walker. “It is that effectively, we bring exper - panded its regional footprint into one way to give back to the tise and experience to the table the Mid-South. He became the community. and blend that with information partner in charge of the Memphis Everywhere I we have gained from clients to office and held that position from travel, I am an advocate of facilitate their goals. These skill 2006 to 2009. Walker also serves Memphis and Shelby County. sets are far different from those on the intellectual property and It is a fascinating place to live used in litigation.” technology and tax teams. and raise a family. Since we Walker, a partner with Adams He also practices law in the live here, it is our responsibili - and Reese LLP, was recently area of information technology/ ty to pass on the good news named among “Lawyers of the software licensing and contract - about our home.” ing and is one of the few lawyers BYesatr ”L ianw Tyreurss ts and Estates Law by *Hubert McBride was an magazine, the oldest in the firm, and the only partner in original Stuttering Foundation and most respected peer-review Memphis, with extensive experi - Board Member in 1947. publication in the legal profession. ence in sophisticated estate and THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 13 National Student Speech Language Hearing Association

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Students from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville raised funds during a silent auction and banquet.

William Paterson University students raised money with a bowl-a-thon.

NSSLHA chapters’ record-breaking gifts to the Stuttering Foundation. Thank you for your amazing support! UC NSSLHA Chapter - $100.00 Illinois State University – NSSLHA Chapter - $200 Univ. of Central Arkansas – NSSLHA Chapter - $250 Northwestern University NSSLHA Chapter - $300 Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville – NSSLHA University of Florida, Graduate Chapter – NSSLHA Nova Southeastern Univ. NSSLHA Chapter - $500 Chapter - $1,676 Chapter - $250 UNC-Chapel Hill, NSSLHA Chapter - $75 Kansas State, KSSSLHA Chapter - $500 University of Louisville Class of 2012 – NSSLHA University of Nebraska NSSLHA Chapter - $100 Eastern Washington Univ. – NSSLHA Chapter - $135 Chapter - $105 Truman State University NSSLHA Chapter - $250 Univ. Central Missouri – NSSLHA Chapter - $500 Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, NSSLHA University of South Dakota NSSLHA Chapter - $500 University of Virginia – NSSLHA Chapter - $500. Chapter - $500 Minnesota State University NSSLHA Chapter - $100 Lamar University – NSSLHA Chapter - $250 Northern Illinois Univ. – NSSHLA Chapter - $150 Edinboro Univ. of PA NSSLHA Chapter - $50 Nicholls State University – NSSLHA Chapter - $25 Cal State Fullerton – NSSLHA Chapter - $500 SUNY Cortland Speech & Hearing Club - $267.50 University of Mississippi – NSSLHA Chapter - $577 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania – NSSLHA Lehman College – CUNY NSSLHA Chapter - $500 Boston University – NSSLHA Chapter - $440 Chapter - $500 Utah State University - $20 University of Cincinnati – NSSLHA Chapter - $500 Misericordia University NSSLHA Chapter - $500 UW Milwaukee – NSSLHA Chapter - $160 Iona College – NSSLHA Chapter - $250 Southeastern LA University NSSLHA Chapter - $100 Mercy College – NSSLHA Chapter - $100 Ohio State University – NSSLHA Chapter - $100 University of Illinois – Urbana NSSLHA Chapter - $250 N.Y. Medical College – NSSLHA Chapter - $250 CUNY Hunter College – NSSLHA Chapter - $450 Marywood University – NSSLHA Chapter - $130 Univ. of New Hampshire – NSSLHA Chapter - $300 University of Tennessee – NSSLHA Chapter - $200 Fontbonne University – NSSLHA Chapter - $269.19 Calif. State Univ., San Marcos – NSSLHA Chapter - $250 William Paterson Univ. – NSSLHA Chapter - $1,134 University of Arizona – NSSLHA Chapter - $400 SUNY Geneseo – NSSLHA Chapter - $450 Rush University – NSSLHA Chapter - $350 Bowling Green State Univ. – NSSLHA Chapter - $150 California State University, Northridge – NSSLHA MGH Institute of Health Professions - NSSLHA Clarion University – NSSLHA Chapter - $150 Chapter - $250 Chapter - $250 San Diego State University – NSSLHA Chapter - $250 Chapman University – NSSLHA Chapter - $500 Eastern Illinois University - NSSLHA Chapter - $500 THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 14 Dear SFA: Reader Response Send letters to SFA, P.O. Box 11749, Memphis, TN 38111-0749 or e-mail [email protected].

Therapy Helps time. I get mad when I stut - My name is Graham and I ter and I don’t like it. stutter. I try to use my When I get mad I punch tongue to get my speech out. my pillow and feel a lot Many times my words get better. When I watch other stuck in my mouth. I also re - people stutter, I feel more peat the first syllable over normal and when I stutter I and over again. just remember that other I have stuttered for a long famous people and regular time. From what I remember people do it so I don’t feel my stuttering started when I mad anymore. Your web - was 5, so 4 years out of my 9 site helps me feel better years of life. Sometimes I am abToyluetr ,s t1u0t tering. a little embarrassed to meet Saint Francisville, LA other people, even though I I am Jhonathan. I am nine years old. I was born in 2001. My sSpoemecehti mteeasc hIe rJ uMstr sS. tuPteteter rsen is reading want to make new friends. your book . I want to be When I get invited to a smoother but I get angry. Sometimes I feel sad be - Letters Make Me friend’s birthday party, I go cause I don’t talk good but I am practicing how to be Feel Better but I don’t talk that much be - smooth. I have learned how to stop and start again, go My name is Reonna and I slow, and do easy starts. cause of my stuttering. Jhonathan, Mesa, AZ am 8 years old and I am in I know I will stutter be - the 2nd grade. I am writing cause I have thoughts in my I started stuttering when I was eight. I have gotten this letter because I read head telling me I might. I try worse the last two years. When I went to a speech some of the other letters and class I was getting better and better. First I was really to ignore these thoughts and I hard on myself but then as I got older I got calmer and I realized I am not alone. I am brave, but some days I calmer. When I started my first bump I was thinking used to stutter a lot and it don’t raise my hand in class. I about what was happening to me but when I got older made me stop speaking at I started to know what was happening. Sometimes I school. I don’t stutter any - just know right before I talk don’t want it anymore and sometimes I do. Thanks for that it will happen because it Sometimes I Just Stutter more because I learned yoTuyrl ebro,o Mk esa, AZ . feels like something gets some easy ways to speak in lodged in my throat. therapy. Now I feel better Sometimes I avoid saying I’m a little off with my stuttering. When I am talk - that I don’t stutter. Thank ing I mess up. Can you help Smoem ceotinmtreosl iIt ?J uI sktn oSwtu tyteor u some words but other times can because of your book . you for posting other kids when I know I’m going to PlJeoasred awnr,i tMe ebsaac,k A. Z letters because it made me stutter I say my words really feReel obnenttae,r 8about my speech. Editor: We sent helpful resources to these three boys. fast to get finished. It feels Houma, LA like I am embarrassed when it happens. I get nervous and I talk too fast because I want to get I Am Not Alone the words out. Other People Stutter My name is Tyler. I am 10 Sometimes I think I should I’m going to practice my strate - have never stuttered in my whole years old and I am in the 5th gies for stuttering during school life. When I am alone, I do not grade. I stutter and I get blocked with my speech teacher, and I will stutter but when I am around and cannot say anything but I am practice over the summer in people, I do stutter a lot. But it is working on it. I take a big deep Milwaukee. I also practice in the not a habit. When I stutter, I classroom. I think therapy is help - breath then I slow down my rate. know that I am not alone. There ing by giving me strategies to use My dad stuttered too when he are a lot of things good about me when I have to stutter. was young. When I stutter, I feel and it is not all about stuttering. Graham, 10 unnormal. I have been stuttering Melanie, 8 Kenosha, WI since I was two years old. I have Stoney Creek, Ontario been in speech therapy for a long THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 15

Poem About Stuttering Hello, I’m Nick and I am 11 years old and I will be 12 in August. I live in Texas and I made a poem I would like to share with other kids that stutter. Sometimes when I stutter peo - ple make fun of me, I tell them I’ll be who I want to be. When I stutter I get mad, Because when I get made fun of I get sad. But soon I would learn tools to use, Just like I learned to tie my shoes. When I learn tools they stick to me, And then I’ll always have a se - cret key. Easy starts is a kind of tool, Actually its pretty cool. Mykhal, 6th grade, Glen Allen, Va. Sometimes I look back to when I was sad, Don’t Interrupt Me Speech Tools Help But forget that because now I Sometimes I stutter when I talk. It My name is Henri and I stutter. am glad. usually bothers me when I am talk - Sometimes Nick, 12 ing to kids and they interrupt me. people make Keller, TX But it doesn’t really bother me fun of me at when someone tries to help me. I go school and to speech therapy and I am learning laugh at me. I Am Determined how to use my speech tools. This makes I hate stuttering. A lot of time Logan, 7 me feel sad. people tell me to “slow down” Collegeville, PA When this and “take a deep breath.” It happens I makes it hard for me to speak take a deep and stutter even more. I am at - How Do You Feel? breath and tending the speech program at I want to ask how do you feel calm down. school. I haven’t improved much when you stutter, because when I I like to use my speech tools yet, but I am still determined. If I stutter sometimes kids laugh at me. when I’m reading. This helps my speak in front of my class, I I jJuasdt eign nore them. words come our smoothly. struggle to even start a sentence Baton Rouge, LA Henri, 3rd grade St. Paul, MN wLituhkoeu,t 1s0tuttering. Editor: We sent tips about bully - Nottingham, PA ing and our book. Trouble at Recess Continued on page 16

My name is Zofia and my speech therapist showed me your website for the first time. I showed my mom the website too. It’s kind of cool how Marilyn Monroe stuttered too! My speech therapist helped me learn to smooth my words. Stuttering really isn’t that bad, I think it’s just the way I talk. I drew a picture of a horse, because I love horses. Riding a horse is a lot like talking in some ways. You control the horse just like you control your speech parts. You can tell it to slow down, keep moving, or go back and start over. Zofia, 10, Yorkville, IL THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 16

Continued from page 15 Letters I am Henry. I am eight years old. I used to do a lot of stuttering. But, now I am much better because I go to a speech therapist. When I can’t say a word, I pretend there is a wall that is blocking the air in my throat. Then I imagine myself opening a door with a key to let the air through. Then I can get my words out. When I feel angry when I stutter, I think I should calm down and let the air through. That makes me feel much better. For some people who cry when they stutter, I think it’s okay to cry, but first try one of your techniques and then you might not cry. Henry, 8, Richmond, VA

My name is Ryan and I am 12. Recently I did a presentation on stuttering. I had a great time doing it too. While I was doing it, I learned some great facts like a man did not talk for 10 years straight be - cause his stuttering was so awful. I taught a small group of classmates of mine about stuttering and how you can be like everyone else even if you stutter. They seemed to enjoy it. I talked about famous celebrities that stutter, strategies to do, inter - esting facts, and how it feels to me. It was a great experience that I will never forget. Ryan, 12, Lincoln, NE

MORE ONLINE You can also find letters and drawings on Stutoteurri WngeHbeslipte.o, rg . Cameron, 10, Little Elm, TX Click on “Just for Kids.” THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ 17

Continued from front page Continued from front page Brain Bequests 26.7 (standard deviation 4.6) years the motor cortex of the other hemi - with no personal or family history lakes to sail, concerts to enjoy, of stuttering or cluttering. We found bike paths to explore.” sphere. Such an inhibition was first observed in the area of the motor essentially no difference between Mrs. Holmes, age 92, who groups with regard to interhemi - had begun to stutter at age 7 cortex where hand movements are generated. Unilateral hand move - spheric inhibition (Sommer et al., upon the death of her mother, 2009). This means that the suppres - was dedicated to philanthropy, ments, such as in sports or playing piano, require an inhibition of the sion of the ongoing activity in one and her dedication continues hemisphere by preceding activation through a charitable trust es - other hand. This inhibition slowly matures and evolves during child - of the opposite side’s motor area tablished for various regional was perfectly normal in the group of and national organizations. hood. It is fascinating to observe how it takes years for children to adults who stutter. This indicates The Stuttering Foundation was that the motor cortex itself is not the chosen as one organization to learn how to, when manipulating toys or objects with one hand, sup - core site of the problem. receive funding. Rather, we believe that the in - She was educated in press “mirror” movements of the other hand. flows from other brain areas to the Nashville, Tenn., attended human motor cortex - business school, and then This interaction between the motor cortex of one ulate its activity in a dif - worked for eighteen years for ferent fashion and are Estes Lumber Company be - hemisphere with the motor cortex of the therefore subject of fore moving to Madeira ongoing studies we Beach, Florida. There she other can be studied in detail and with are conducting. worked as a bookkeeper and This view is sup - land developer until returning high time resolution using transcranial ported by more re - to Nashville in 2005. She was cent findings by preceded in death by her hus - magnetic stimula - tion (TMS). TMS Nicole Neef from our band, Frank, who was killed in group. She studied the the South Pacific early during works by stimulat - ing the motor cortex fine tuning of the balance World War II. between inhibition and fa - “These gifts from two people in one hemisphere shortly before stimulating the cilitation within the motor who knew stuttering firsthand cortex and found an abnormal bal - play an important role in en - motor cortex of the other. The re - sult is that the stimulus to the first ance with a reduced facilitation abling us to carry out our ongo - (Neef et al., 2011). This suggests ab - ing work,” said Jane Fraser. motor cortex blocks off, or inhibits, the activity usually observed after normal input to the motor cortex, the second stimulus is presented to e.g. from the basal ganglia. the opposite motor cortex. In summary, our data show that he Stuttering Foundation of Interestingly, this inhibition of one the motor cortex itself and the in - America is a tax-exempt orga - motor area by the opposite side’s teraction of both hemispheres is in - Tnization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is motor area develops during child - tact in adults who stutter, and direct classified as a private operating hood (Garvey et al., 2003; Heinen future research to the interconnect - foundation as defined in section ed areas influencing the activity of 4942(j)(3). Charitable contribu - et al., 1998), and has been found to tions and bequests to the be abnormal in professional musi - the motor areas of the brain. Foundation are tax-deductible, cians who started playing a musi - References subject to limitations under the Code. Brown S, Ingham RJ, Ingham JC, Laird AR, Fox PT. Stuttered cal instrument in childhood and fluent speech production: an ALE meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies. Hum Brain Mapp 2005; 25: 105-17. (Ridding et al., 2000). Given that Curry FK, Gregory HH. The performance of stutterers on dichotic listening tasks thought to reflect cerebral dominance. J Speech Hear Res abnormal right hemispheric brain 1969; 12: 73-82. Fox PT, Ingham RJ, Ingham JC, Hirsch TB, Downs JH, Martin activity has been shown in func - C, et al. A PET study of the neural systems of stuttering. Nature It’s easy to include 1996; 382: 158-61. tional imaging studies of adults Garvey MA, Ziemann U, Bartko JJ, Denckla MB, Barker CA, the Stuttering Foundation Wassermann EM. Cortical correlates of neuromotor development in who stutter, it was tempting to con - healthy children. Clin Neurophysiol 2003; 114: 1662-70. in your will, and it will Heinen F, Glocker FX, Fietzek U, Meyer BU, Lucking CH, clude that the interaction of motor Korinthenberg R. Absence of transcallosal inhibition following do a world of good. focal magnetic stimulation in preschool children. Ann Neurol. cortices may be abnormal. 1998; 43: 608-12. Neef NE, Paulus W, Neef A, Wolff von Gudenberg A, Sommer Here is sample wording: We therefore investigated 15 M. Reduced intracortical inhibition and facilitation in the primary “I give and bequeath to the motor tongue representation of adults who stutter. Clinical male subjects who have stuttered Neurophysiology 2011; 122: 1802–11. Stuttering Foundation of America the Ridding MC, Brouwer B, Nordstrom MA. Reduced interhemi - since childhood, with a mean age of spheric inhibition in musicians. Exp Brain Res. 2000; 133: 249-53. amount of $____ (or ___% of my Sommer M, Knappmeyer K, Hunter EJ, Gudenberg AW, Neef residual estate).” Your legal advisor 28.7 (standard deviation 10.6) N, Paulus W. Normal interhemispheric inhibition in persistent devel - opmental stuttering. Mov Disord 2009; 24: 769-73. can help you with the final wording. years, and 15 matched healthy con - Travis LE. The cerebral dominance theory of stuttering: 1931-- trol subjects with a mean age of 1978. J Speech Hear Disord 1978; 43: 278-81. THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION ᭨ P.O. Box 11749 • Memphis, TN 38 11 1- 0749

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News from Around the World

Laurent Lagarde with copies of his French translation of . Advice To Those Who Stutter

Dr. Moussa Dao speaking at the Belmar Rivera Vilá speaks International Stuttering Association Sajiv and Seema Adlakha pre - about stuttering to graduate Congress in Buenos Aires. sent on stuttering to teachers at students in Puerto Rico. the Amity International School in Noida, India.

Volume 19, Issue 3 Renee Shepherd ...... Editor Scot Squires ...... Designer MeeStu saOnnauh Pra rkIinn, ca prsye- dliadby,”l seaid JIanne tFreaserr.n “As a Susannah Parkin ...... Intern chology major at Hamilton person who stutters herself, Special thanks to Joan Warner, Patty Reed, Susie Hall, Pat Hamm, Lisa Hinton, Terri College, interned for the Susannah has been of great Jones, and Carol Ecke. Stuttering Foundation dur - help to us in reaching out Susannah ing the summer. with positive ideas and sug - This newsletter is published quarterly. Please e-mail address changes and story ideas to Parkin “Susannah is an incredibly gestions to teens and others [email protected]. bright and talented young who stutter.”