Stuttering is associated with differences in the brain. Neurological disorder
Is stuttering more common in boys or girls?
Boys
What is stuttering?
Stuttering is a speech disorder that causes the flow of speech to be broken. It involves disruptions, or “disfluencies,” in a person’s speech.
Who are some famous people who stutter?
Shaquille O'Neal, Ed Sheeran, Darth Vader, Tiger Woods, Kendrick Lamar
Do people stutter the same all the time?
Stuttering also varies across situations: sometimes people stutter a lot, and sometimes they stutter a little.
How many people in the world stutter?
about 70 million (3 million in US)
Does stuttering run in the family?
Stuttering is a genetically-influenced condition: most of the time, if there is one person in a family who stutters, there will be another person in the family
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