thing around, well, i ve got this big secret, and it s the shame thing can build into that too if we re not careful. so, primary message, it s ok to acknowledge it. you can call it a stammer. it s not going to cause a problem for the child if you start talking about it. it s a word i really struggle to say, so we re going to be solving linear. pupils: ..equations. abed ahmed was told his stammer meant teaching wasn t for him. now, head of maths at a school in birmingham, he uses his experience to help others. what i focus mainly on is confidence first. that s the most important thing. the most important thing is not trying to speak fluently. i think we measure success by being f fluent in so manyjobs. unfortunately, for people like me and 1% of the world, that can t be. ..done. so, i teach some techniques that i ve learnt in my life, so things like breathing techniques, just to calm and relax them a bit more. so, i t tackle a lot of things with humour as well, and i tell the kids as
i m sorry. ..the film star whose father stammered. ah. i would bring friends home from school who didn t know that my father stammered, and i got a bit embarrassed about that. ..the president who stammers and knows just how it feels. it drags you down in that empty hole in your chest. that feeling of panic you get and then anger. stammering is something i think about every single day, but no one ever talks about it. so, now i m stepping out in front of the camera to put stammering in the spotlight. # i said biggy is the name. # killing all the game. # k killing all the. # i said biggy is the name. #yeah!# hi! i m shelby, i m 11 years old, and i have a stammer. shelby started stammering when he was two and a half. what is it you wanted? stammering: can. . . ..i.have. -
who says his violence on the pitch was driven by his stammer. the self loathing. i hated myself. i hated myself because i wasn t like other people. #pray, i guarantee you heard this song #you gon remember the name. the young man who was bullied at school, but found an escape in music. i m going to rap cos i can t talk. ijust think.little do you know. - ..the art student who refuses to be underestimated. oh, i m not dumb! trust me. ijust can t say it. because people can, like, interrupt you without you not even knowing. ..the parents watching their son grow up with a stammer. it s heart breaking. yeah. i mean, many a tears. oh, come on! sorry.
who say, you re an idiot, you re simple, you re senile, because i think he just doesn t want to be defined in that particular way and made to feel that he s permanently on the defensive. over the years, joe biden has worked hard to use his position to help and encourage others who stammer. to all of you young people and parents who are here tonight, if i could share one piece of advice with you, it would be this. first, your stutter does not define who you are. your stutter is not about who you are. it has nothing to do with who you are at your core. with your intellectual competence. it has nothing to do with your decency, your character. everything that matters, it has nothing, nothing, nothing to do with. it s not been easy talking
about my stammer after hiding it for so long, but i realise now i m not alone. it turns out being more open can help, and i now know i m not the only one who dreads being asked my name. and i know you can say your name. will you say it? 0k, 0k. erm. i can, ijust have to breathe. 0k. felicity baker. yes! brilliant! that s brilliant. thank you. that s lovely. you were amazing! that was so lovely. oh, my god. oh, god. yes. situations i least like interviews, so you guys. oh, you re doing really well today. most of the time, itjust makes me stammer more. i m trying to say a simple word, and they tell me i