On 22 October, the world celebrated the International Day for Stutter Awareness. People are normalizing their strutter by proudly vocalizing their experiences on social media to raise awareness. Stuttering is a speech impediment where a person faces difficulty pronouncing certain words or sounds. It is often prevalent amongst children who just started speaking. Young children in their early speaking years may experience developmental stuttering when their speech abilities are not advanced enough to say what they want to say. According to a 2015 research study published by the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, at least one percent of children in Cairo experience stuttering in their early childhood. Although children often outgrow developmental stuttering, sometimes stuttering lingers until adulthood as a result of neurogenic or psychogenic abnormalities. One of the main causes for stuttering is genetics. Usually, one is more likely to experience stuttering if one of their family members stutters or used to stutter. It may be an inherited trait that runs in the family. Young children with this speech disorder are often teased and bullied by their peers for their lack of fluency. This can lead to anxiety disorders…
