The King's Speech - a stammerer is interviewed on BBC Breakfast TV

The King's Speech - a stammerer is interviewed on BBC Breakfast TV

speakingout2 (not wearing the correct shirt) appears on BBC TV to discuss stammering and The King's Speech. Not many stammerers get the opportunity to talk live on TV. This was the first of two appearances that morning, which were followed by several radio interviews. Hopefully, it demonstrated to a massive audience that stammerers are perfectly normal people who simply have difficulty in controlling the fluency of their speech. It must be better to talk about it (even if you have a marked stammer) because hiding it does nothing to help overcome the misconceptions about stammering. Worse, hiding things can make people look apologetic and a bit shifty! Stammering (also known as stuttering) is a symptom of a condition in which the brain's neural circuits for speech have not wired normally. As recently as February, 2010, researchers announced that three genes have been identified as a source of stammering. If you are in the UK, and want help with your speech, please ring the British Stammering Association helpline on 0845 603 2001. It's run by a team of people who know only too well how hard life can be if you stammer. The BSA is the national charity - a non-profit - and is run by people who stammer, for all those whose lives are affected by stammering. Wherever you are, if you want advice about stammering/stuttering or simply want to learn more, go to these leading sites: www.stammering.org, http://ift.tt/18MkhwF or http://ift.tt/2zHgjv7.
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