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“From Stuttering to… Stuttering” Blog

  • Common Questions 3
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  • Creative Writing 2
  • Cures 1
  • Lived Experience 14
  • Mini 3
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Public Speaking with a Stutter: Difference Between Fear and Shame
Lived Experience Ezra Horak 11/26/24 Lived Experience Ezra Horak 11/26/24

Public Speaking with a Stutter: Difference Between Fear and Shame

There’s a fundamental difference between the traditional stage fright and stuttering: stage fright often invokes fear. Stuttering in front of people often invokes shame. What’s the difference?

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Stop Praising Fluent Speech – is Lidcombe Programe “The Monster Program”?
New Therapy, Lived Experience Ezra Horak 5/31/24 New Therapy, Lived Experience Ezra Horak 5/31/24

Stop Praising Fluent Speech – is Lidcombe Programe “The Monster Program”?

Didn’t we, as a society, decide that shaming children about stuttering is a monstrous to do? Or does that only apply to fluent children? Lidcombe Programe makes us question…

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Stuttering Secondaries - Strive to Empower, Not Fix
New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/30/24 New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/30/24

Stuttering Secondaries - Strive to Empower, Not Fix

Instead of assuming that secondaries are inherently bad, we should work with individuals to understand their needs and preferences.

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Children’s Book Review: Jacky Ha-Ha
Reviews Ezra Horak 4/25/24 Reviews Ezra Horak 4/25/24

Children’s Book Review: Jacky Ha-Ha

This 2016 tween book from James Patterson, Jacky Ha-Ha, has been recommended for stuttering representation, but it ended up really letting me down.

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Do We Need to Struggle to Stutter?
Theory, Lived Experience, New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/22/24 Theory, Lived Experience, New Therapy Ezra Horak 4/22/24

Do We Need to Struggle to Stutter?

Is it possible to stutter without much of a struggle? Does that erase the stuttering experience entirely? Perhaps stuttering can be more of a shifting Venn Diagram than a set iceberg…

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New Idaho State University President Stutters?!
People Who Stutter Ezra Horak 12/22/23 People Who Stutter Ezra Horak 12/22/23

New Idaho State University President Stutters?!

Robert Wagner, person who openly stutters, is named the new president of Idaho State University.

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I Don’t Want to “Slow Down”- Let Me Stutter
Lived Experience Ezra Horak 12/15/23 Lived Experience Ezra Horak 12/15/23

I Don’t Want to “Slow Down”- Let Me Stutter

Being excited is my entire personality (jk, kinda not really). No “turtle talk” for me. Don’t tell me to slow down my speech just so you don’t have to listen to stuttering.

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A Stuttering College Student’s Short Story
Creative Writing Ezra Horak 12/10/23 Creative Writing Ezra Horak 12/10/23

A Stuttering College Student’s Short Story

A “fiction” story from Spring 2013, where you get the truth about my feelings regarding speech therapy.

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Shifting the Disability Lens for Stuttering [Mini]
Mini, Theory Ezra Horak 12/2/23 Mini, Theory Ezra Horak 12/2/23

Shifting the Disability Lens for Stuttering [Mini]

The movement from ‘medical model of disability’ to ‘social model of disability’ might answer the “Is stuttering really a disability?” question all together. Of course it is, see: discrimination.

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I Like My Stutter - A Stutterer Still Stuttering
Lived Experience Ezra Horak 11/27/23 Lived Experience Ezra Horak 11/27/23

I Like My Stutter - A Stutterer Still Stuttering

Learning to like my stutter was never the plan. And yet, 10 years after I pledged to myself "I might hate my stutter, but I will thank God for it," I find myself here…. liking it.

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Old Quotes by Child and Adult Stutterers
Stuttering History Ezra Horak 11/18/23 Stuttering History Ezra Horak 11/18/23

Old Quotes by Child and Adult Stutterers

“I hated Kennedy. He talked too much. I hate anybody that talks a lot.” - A 5th grade boy in 1966

And other quotes

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Why isn’t whole-person speech therapy happening for stuttering?
New Therapy Ezra Horak 11/17/23 New Therapy Ezra Horak 11/17/23

Why isn’t whole-person speech therapy happening for stuttering?

Why is it that many speech therapists have shifted their outdated views on what speech therapy for autistic kids looks like, but not for stuttering kids?

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Older Posts
View fullsize To wrap up #NSAW2025, let's remember to stop pushing "just work hard and you can be fluent" lies onto people who stutter.

There is no cure for stuttering. There's not. And it's not achievable to rid of stuttering through "hard work&qu
View fullsize Stuttering doesn't always look like open repetition stuttering. That's a message I wish more people understood.

Sometimes stuttering looks like opting out of speaking entirely. Sometimes it looks like word changes at the last second, or pretending y
View fullsize Did you know this week is #NationalStutteringAwarenessWeek in the USA? I've been sharing to my stories some great posts we've already had!

However... some people 👀 haven't gotten the message that it's 2025. 

Awareness isn't enough. That's why NSA
View fullsize Have you listened to the new pod yet? As far as I'm aware, this is the first ever interview with a stuttering drag performer. 👀

It was really fun to talk to someone who has inspired me to be more who I am. The intersection of queerness and gender e
View fullsize New episode is out! Ezra talks to Baltimore's only stuttering drag performer @bmorelikekarli about the intersection of growing up with a stutter and knowing they were gay. The second half of the episode is about how Karli came to be, would go on to h
View fullsize Hello to my new and lovely followers! The last time I did an introduction post was right after reaching 1,000 followers. Now we are closing in on 5,000!! Seems like time to do a re-introduction!

My name is Ezra, and I've stuttered since I was 6 year
View fullsize 58 stories. 58 stuttering voices telling us that fluency is not a prerequisite for success.

From boardrooms to classrooms, stages to sales floors, the people we've gotten to meet over the last month navigate jobs, careers, and/or lifestyles that req
View fullsize Have you read "Don't Grieve for Us" by Jim Sinclair?

While I believe there are *some* parallels for stuttering, I just want this essay to be what it is. Because there's also some that doesn't parallel. 

There are ways for parents to fight

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