NSA Connects: Stuttering Awareness with Travis Althouse
Tue, May 19
|Virtual Event
Hear how Travis Althouse overcame hesitation to create impactful social media content about stuttering and built a large online community through storytelling.
Time & Location
May 19, 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Virtual Event
About the event
This NSA Connects event features Travis Althouse, a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who stutters, bringing both professional insight and lived experience. Through his widely followed social media platforms, Travis shares honest, educational content that’s helping shift how people think about stuttering and communication.
Travis will talk about how his journey into content creation began and how he worked through initial hesitation and discomfort with social media. What started as a small step grew into a far-reaching presence across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, connecting with hundreds of thousands of people.
Join host Pamela Mertz and Travis for a conversation that’s both engaging and grounded in real experience!
Meet your hosts:
Travis Althouse is a person who stutters, an SLP, a children’s book author, and a speech tech accessibility consultant. He creates content focused on stuttering awareness and education, sharing what stuttering is, what it can feel like, and how to interact with…
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