Speaking Up About Stuttering
(World News Science)

Michael Wilson, Haley Evans and David Haas after the MBS screening in January It was standing room only in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the night of Jan. 23. Over 100 people, including Syracuse University students, families and medical professionals, were there to see the screening of a new documentary film about a common but often misunderstood speech disorder: stuttering. According to the National Stuttering Association, about five percent of children will stutter, and one percent of the general population will continue to stutter throughout their lives. Though the severity varies widely, it`s estimated that there are over three million stutterers in the...