Camp Helps Stuttering Young People Build Self Esteem

-- it's. Stuttering. It affects 68 million people worldwide. And it's challenged and at least one -- Kids who stutter. Are often ignored. Or even worse. -- I was reading something aloud. In class. And... See More

-- it's. Stuttering. It affects 68 million people worldwide. And it's challenged and at least one -- Kids who stutter. Are often ignored. Or even worse. -- I was reading something aloud. In class. And then I hear like collapse has not always been -- -- There weren't fake name. I -- I found things about me on the -- a bathroom wall. -- and -- me. And one day after school I went on to tactics and I found. A page it's all about me and -- and how to -- news. -- -- Current. The the bullying and ridicule income from the most surprising please -- -- -- -- -- that really upsetting this morning that professor emailed him asking that he posed questions before -- after class -- quote. We do not infringe on others' -- to Carolina Davis things got so bad she stopped going to class. Deciding instead to be home school. I didn't have a problem every girl. -- problem. And -- never -- that. Her stuttering and the -- people reacted to that killed a -- and spirit. And then seemingly out of nowhere a lifeline an organization in New York City. -- Kids of all ages who just like -- -- they meet every -- he has to convince him. Socialize. And sing. Yes sing. -- number. And the own songs that they've written themselves. They don't -- I -- glad. Unless you they don't and that's just a simple message here rise above those -- don't give them the it's hard to believe but most people who stutter are perfectly fluent when they sing so almost naturally our time -- success. Building self esteem onstage. BCA -- standing on stage but get hundreds of people. Cheering for them and you see them just. Okay then you know and UC DC that pride in the way that they walk -- see that pride and and and -- -- in there I. The man behind that twinkle is our times three. -- Alexander. A New York City actors who just happens to -- himself. I thought wouldn't it be great if there was a place where you. Young people who stutter can come and know that it's okay to be themselves. And nowhere in the world is -- more okay. -- -- -- -- -- I get have ten days. A Lewis knows those of us -- has about -- feet and that days. Is so great. Ten days of nonstop -- -- game just ten days when no one is being impatient no -- is trying to finish their sentences and 73 sleep -- -- with -- one thing income. Aren't Stoddard and to change it but I can accept it. Two speech pathologists are on hand. May also stutter and people don't study because they're nervous. People on static as they don't know what they're saying some people will say they know more words is there always were changing so they have to -- all the sit in Encino for all the ways they can't say. What causes it. There isn't a large genetic component to it and we know that it's a neurological. Problem there's no cure for staggering won some he's been staggering for about three or four years they're always going to stutter. And so our job is therapist is to make them the best communicators they convene. Mom outlawed in this role. He's being -- cells and in no body and. And what about those -- -- Why isn't they don't stutter when they said singing is really dripping from a different part of the brain where it's very press Sadik it's very rip them based. The person knows the words by heart. Said that there's no word finding or anything else -- like constant foundation the words are produced more slowly when you seeing -- -- -- the word so. There are a lot of different reasons you. You speak sort of in this things or song mean and there. And you can act all of the years syllables you're not gonna stutter. You know I -- non starter all day long but -- in my sound like this and that's not okay with me I would rather -- every once in awhile and sort of feel like me. Not. -- -- pins. Does not mean you can't pay us that's. -- -- watching these kids on stage. You've taken them silence. To singing. You literally given the mobile -- I don't think I have given them anything I think -- this given them the opportunity I guess to find their own -- As -- -- tells listeners didn't -- time she was a bit fearful of taking you found police back to the real world. -- Her college -- -- week. Yes it's scary. From the comfort of home school to college in New York City. She's now studying to become of all things a speech pathologist. Carolina. There are no regrets. If you could take a pill to make it go away would you. I don't think so. It has as. -- me -- Plant today. With outs. Us sputtering. -- -- have office. Okay. Okay.