SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's estimated that more than 79 million people worldwide live with a stutter. In the Bay Area, there's a small but mighty group looking to spread awareness and acceptance of ...

"My shadow was my best friend," says Frankie Jones, reflecting on his childhood in Lincoln. The loneliness of being one of a few blacks in a predominately white school in the 1980s is not the anguish ...

Around 1% of people make calls, socialize and join meetings with it. Stuttering is common, and yet the precise genetic cause remains elusive. Here are the key questions and answers for World ...

Nervousness. Stress. Shyness. Speaking more than one language. Thinking too quickly. None of these are reasons why people stutter. Yet, these misconceptions remain all too prevalent, says Angela ...

Jason Heffler, the author of a new children's book Tongue Tied, is encouraging celebrities to speak out about their stutters because kids who struggle with the speech impediment still feel isolated.

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Xiaofan Lei receives funding from the University of Minnesota and the National Stuttering Association. What comes to mind when you think of someone who stutters? Is that person male or female? Are ...

"What somebody who stutters has to say is just as important as what anybody else has to say: It just might take them a little longer to get it out.” As his peers prepared for another school year, then ...

Stuttering is more than a speech issue; it’s a life-altering condition for millions globally. If someone you know struggles with stuttering, the frustration and emotional toll can be profound. Until ...