Speaking Up for the Stammerers; One Woman's Success After a Life- Long War with Words

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PEOPLE, says Claire Arneil, don't know the gift they possess in being able to say the words they want to say.

For the first 23 years of her life, this intelligent young woman hid the fact that she suffered from a debilitating speech impediment. Only her family and close friends were aware that she had a stammer.

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Speaking Up for the Stammerers; One Woman's Success After a Life- Long War with Words

At school she would go out of her way to avoid speaking in class. Even now she finds it impossible to talk on the telephone. Worst of all, perhaps, she simply cannot say her own name.

But this last year has been a watershed for Miss Arneil. A few months ago she g...

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