Stories, Education & Resources

This article explores the differences between natural stuttering variability, social anxiety, and trauma responses. It helps readers better understand why speech experiences fluctuate and offers insight into responding with self-awareness, compassion, and reduced self-blame.

This article is an update on Dr. Ryan Millager’s journey since receiving the NSA Graduate Student Research Award (GSRA), highlighting how a pilot study became his dissertation, led to national presentations, and launched his career as an Assistant Professor advancing support for children who stutter.

A personal account of using the NSA Stuttering ID Card while crossing the US-Canada border alone, showing how disclosure on one’s own terms can reduce fear, prevent misjudgment, and create smoother interactions with authority figures.

This article explores how NSA Chapters create affirming, community-centered spaces for people who stutter, reducing isolation, fostering self-acceptance, and empowering individuals and families through shared experience.

Hear directly from three NSA scholarship recipients about their academic journeys, career goals, and how community support continues shaping their futures.

This article offers simple, age-appropriate ways to help children understand stuttering, encouraging empathy, respect, and inclusion while normalizing stuttering as a natural part of human communication.

An in-depth profile of comedian Drew Lynch exploring how stuttering shaped his comedy, advocacy, and approach to vulnerability, while challenging assumptions about communication, confidence, and being heard.

Learn how to find an affirming speech therapist for your child who stutters. Here’s what to ask, therapy options, and how to support their communication journey.

This blog explores simple, relatable analogies that help people who stutter explain their communication in the workplace, challenge common myths, and encourage understanding, empathy, and stronger collaboration among colleagues and employers.

New research shows common parent strategies don’t change stuttering outcomes. What matters is focusing on confidence and quality of life for children who stutter.

Try these welcoming, engaging classroom activities to help students learn about stuttering, embrace communication differences, and foster empathy.

Print out your 2026 Stuttering Advocacy Bingo Board, a flexible tool that helps people who stutter build confidence and supportive workplace environments.

Many people who stutter grow up silencing themselves for safety, mistaking caution for shyness. This post explores reclaiming confidence, speaking up on your own terms, and finding community support, showing that stuttering doesn’t have to limit connection or self-expression.

Worried your child might be teased for stuttering? Here’s how to recognize the signs, start conversations, and make school a safer space for them to thrive.

Research reveals that embracing a positive stuttering identity and speaking spontaneously can enhance emotional well-being.

What’s the difference between neurogenic and developmental stuttering? We break it down—and share Elizabeth Minton’s story of living with a neurogenic stutter.

Advocate and author Matice Morris turns fear into strength as a person who stutters. Read her hard-won lessons on courage, confidence, and facing challenges.

See how Dr. Cara Singer’s early NSA-funded research sparked a lifelong commitment to understanding stuttering and improving the support, confidence, and care provided to children who stutter.

From raising awareness to breaking stigma, mothers in the NSA community share their journeys of parenting with stuttering and the importance of finding support.

Make home the safest place to speak. This guide will explore easy, affirming ways to talk about stuttering with your child to build trust and speech confidence.