My Stammer Story
Michael Rosen asks William Laven about how he has learnt to celebrate his stammer.
Produced for 大象传媒 Audio Bristol by Becky Ripley
Michael Rosen asks William Laven about how he has learnt to embrace language and life with a stammer.
For the first 10 years of his life, William Laven went to speech therapy with a stammer that was so severe he could not form a full sentence. Fast forward to today, William is now a 23-year-old podcast founder, Tedx speaker, stammer advocate, awareness raiser and campaigner. He is devoted to improving expectations for those with speech impediments, to challenge the stigma surrounding stammers, and to encourage children with stammers to believe in themselves.
When it comes to his own stammer, he now believes it鈥檚 his superpower!
Produced for 大象传媒 Audio Bristol by Becky Ripley
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My Stammer Story 鈥� one man鈥檚 inspirational journey in overcoming a stammer
A man who could not form a full sentence is now a stammer campaigner on the world stage.
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- Tue 12 Jul 2022 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Mon 18 Jul 2022 23:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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