What’s it like to stutter

Here’s my library of videos that you can watch for free which I’ve found around the Internet (by Internet I mean YouTube and Vimeo). These short films are chosen based on describing the stuttering experience perfectly. More to come as I find them. Of course, The King’s Speech is the granddaddy of them all!

The short film below, “To Speak”, shows how the social punishment we grew up with sticks with you as you get older. I interviewed the filmmaker in episode 106.

The video below is a video of a re-enactment of a live presentation by a stutterer explaining what it feels like to grow up stuttering.

“Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story” is a short documentary film by Schneider Speech, profiling stutterers at various stages of their lives as they share their attitudes and their experiences as they grow-up and live (with stuttering). (Additional footage can be viewed at schnedierspeech.com/media).

“Going With The Flow: A Guide To Transcending Stuttering”, is a follow-up documentary film by Schneider Speech, profiling two different stutterers as they progress through speech therapy. The film includes step by step developments in their journey and the role their therapist played. (An additional 40-minute lecture from Dr. Phil Schneider is available at schnedierspeech.com/media)

“Ssstutter” is a short film using the typewriter metaphor while showcasing a young adult who stutters. I interviewed the filmmakers in episode 42.

Let Me Finish shares the personal experiences of 3 stutterers living in Austin, Texas.

Speechless is a short film about a guy who stutters with ambitions of becoming a stand up comedian. But can he do it even though he’s afraid of the phone?

Bal, meaning “honey”, is a Turkish film about a stuttering boy who must deal with being an outsider while his beekeeping father still hasn’t returned home from a dangerous job high up in the mountains. See the official website for the beautifully written plot summary.

Not a cartoon about stuttering, but we can relate to poor little Gerald McBoing Boing’s experiences as a boy who speaks only with sound effects.