Did you know ... for kids!

Over 3 million people in the U. S. stutter.

There are 3 or 4 boys who stutter for every girl who does.

People who stutter are just as smart as people who don't stutter.

Lots of scientists have tried to find out what causes stuttering. No one knows for sure what causes it. It runs in families. Also, it's just the way some people's bodies work. Scientists are still trying to find the answers and have made a lot of progress already.

Some kids don’t raise their hands in class because they’re afraid they might stutter. But stuttering is nothing to be ashamed of!

There is no cure for stuttering. Going to speech helps but it can take awhile to see changes.

For every 5 kids who are born, at least one will stutter enough when they're little that their parents will be worried about them.

Going to speech can help just about everyone, no matter what age they are.

There are lots of famous people who stutter: James Earl Jones, John Stossel, Annie Glenn, Bill Walton, Mel Tillis, Nicholas Brendon, Robert Merrill, Carly Simon, KenVenturi, Kenyon Martin, Bob Love, John Updike, Lewis Carroll, King George VI, Winston Churchill and Marilyn Monroe.

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• The Stuttering Foundation maintains a toll-free Hotline on Stuttering 1-800-992-9392 and Web site at www.stutteringhelp.org. Call us or visit our Web site for free informative brochures and a worldwide resource list of speech-language pathologists who specialize in stuttering.

• The Foundation has extensive information on prevention, early intervention, and therapy for stuttering: twenty-eight books, forty videotapes and DVDs, information about support groups worldwide, numerous annual workshops, and a quarterly newsletter.