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Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest says a stutter is part of who he is: ‘You can live full, rich and happy lives’
In less than two weeks one of the world’s most powerful positions could be held by a man with a stutter. That is of course, if Joe Biden wins the United States Presidential Election on November 3.
Key points:
- Thursday October 22 marks International Stuttering Awareness Day
- Advocacy groups are working to break down the stigma associated with the disorder
- Stamma is working closely with Wikipedia to edit “misleading language” on pages relating to people who stutter
About 1 per cent of the global population stutter and Mr Biden is among a long list of high profile names who have, or have had, the speech disorder, including: US rapper Kendrick Lamar, actress Emily Blunt, Samuel L Jackson and Australian mining tycoon Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest.
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