Around 8% of children will stammer at some point. Most will go on to speak fluently, but not all, around 2% of adults have a stammer. While our society is increasingly accepting of differences - people who stammer often face prejudice and ignorance.

We may, or may not, choose to find support to sound fluent or stammer less. That is our right. It is not reasonable to expect or insist that we sound fluent. We stammer. That is how we talk.

In this time of diversity, adjustments are too often not given to those who stammer, be it at work, education or using everyday services. The expectation is rather that we should strive to overcome our stammer and speak differently. As individuals we may wish, and even try, to do so. But as a community we refute the idea that we all stop stuttering.

Help us provide support provide support and information and fight for speech and language therapy services for those who want it. Help us help the public understand that stammering is not a sign of being shy, drunk, dishonest, nervous or weak. It's simply how some of us talk.