dis/fluent This is dis/fluent, a column by Sophia Stewart on stuttering, self-understanding, and disability in private and public spheres.

Me, My Grandmother, and Our Stutter

I tell her I’m surprised that no one else had ever brought up her stutter to her before. She’s surprised that I’m surprised.

Aug 18, 2022
I Donated My Stuttering Brain to Science

As much as I hated being told that my stutter was “all in my head,” I liked being reminded that it was localized in my brain.

Nov 17, 2021
How Vlogging Is Empowering a New Generation of Stutterers

They ground me, authorizing me to keep talking like I do.

Jul 08, 2021
Confessions of a Covert Stutterer

I’d become so successfully covert that the idea that I stuttered sounded more like an unfounded opinion than an incontestable truth.

Apr 15, 2021
My Stutter Scared Me—Until I Found My Community

After each meeting I felt lighter, looser, having spent two hours listening only to disfluent speech—to voices that sounded like mine.

Mar 01, 2021