News & Events
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist received the Annie Glenn award at the 2024 ASHA Conference in Seattle. He gave a beautiful speech honoring the role his first speech-language pathologist played in his life, and dedicating his energies to advocating for the stuttering community and reducing barriers to accessing speech therapy. Congratulations Michael!!
“I want to break the stigma around stuttering because it isn’t all bad. I don’t know a person that stutters, that is arrogant and isn’t willing to help others.” – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Save the Date!!
Story by CST group member Matthew Edwards.
The 2024 NSA One-Day Conference at BU was a blast! See you all in March 2025!
It even included a panel of speakers from the adult CST group. 
Pictured: Nick Alakel, Kyle DaLuz, Josh Chase, and Sarah Onofri
Sargent Headlines: Sargent College Hosts International Workshop on Stuttering
BU Today: Joe Biden’s Stutter Highlights BU Center’s Mission to Help Others Struggling with Speech
The Daily Free Press: New Paper from BU Speech Neuroscience Lab explains science behind stuttering
Boston Globe: I Have stuttered all my life. Now I’d like to have a word by Stanley Z. Fisher, former CST group client and emeritus professor of law at Boston University
WBUR: World of Ideas
(May 20, 2018) This segment is part of student projects on “The passage of Time.” Graduate student Meredith Rumore addresses the topic as it relates to stuttering, which airs from timestamp 20:26 - 25:15.
Listen to the program here.
Facts and Fiction about Stuttering
Individuals who participate in group therapy at the Center for Stuttering Therapy explain stuttering fact vs. fiction.
Boston Globe: Living with a Stutter
(1/28/10) April Dobbs found help for her stuttering at the Joseph Germono Fluency Clinic in the Sargent College Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Boston University.
WBUR: World of Ideas
(1/3/16) Boston University students explore the topic of “What Makes You Nervous?”
BU Today: on the King’s Speech:
(1/26/11) BU Today caught up with Center Director Diane (Parris) Constantino to ask about the accuracy of The King’s Speech and whether the film dispels or reinforces myths about stuttering.