Jennifer Vaughan had five years of speech lessons with The McGuire Programme ahead of the big day.
This is a great example of expanding your comfort zone and working with self-acceptance, which I see as some of the key concepts in the work of getting more control of your stuttering. I am very grateful that I chose to join the McGuire Programme and I am really looking forward to the further journey.
PATRICK HANLON, 22, is an online journalist for RTÉ, writing and blogging about fashion, food, homes, movies and music. He loves baking, road trips, music gigs, and tweeting.
“Although Not Promising A Cure, It Promised That With Hard Work And Commitment, A Way Out Of The Prison Of The Stuttering World Was Possible.”
A Bonnyrigg man who suffers from a stammer wants to highlight the condition ahead of National Stammering Awareness Day this month.
This is a great example of expanding your comfort zone and working with self-acceptance, which I see as some of the key concepts in the work of getting more control of your stuttering. I am very grateful that I chose to join the McGuire Programme and I am really looking forward to the further journey.
Since joining the program, Mr Westwood has moved on from the job he hated and now works full-time as an audio visual technician — and he loves it.
Living with a stammer can be isolating and frightening but reporter Freya Findlay meets one man who is not letting it hold him back.
