22/10/2025
Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day! 💚
This year’s theme, “A Diverse Stuttering Community - Meeting Challenges With Strengths”, reminds us that there’s no single way to stutter, and no single story. Every person who stutters brings unique experiences, resilience, and strengths to their work and community.
Our October Global Practice Interview Event brought together over 100 participants from 27 countries and 6 continents, including 55 interviewers (21 people who stutter and 34 allies) and 50 interviewees who stutter. The result was a powerful week of connection, learning, and understanding across borders and cultures.
One of our interviewers, who is not a person who stutters, shared this reflection after taking part:
“I really enjoyed the event. I was able to meet with a variety of people from all backgrounds and learn about their skills and abilities.
The event was very important in that it showed that even though you could be a stutterer, you may have completely different attitudes and approaches altogether. Some repeat more, some block, some are more or less confident, but everyone tries their hardest, and I think I'll be better able to advocate for stutterers in my organisation and outside much better going forward.
I'll know what is helpful for communication, and what isn't, and how to talk to others without falling into the trap of micro-aggressions, or condescending to those who speak differently.”
This shows how important it is for employers, and the general public, to be aware of how diverse our stuttering community is.
Awareness creates understanding; understanding builds advocacy; and advocacy opens the door to true inclusion, where people who stutter can bring our full selves and our full potential to work.