With all of the impressive things about the inauguration, I was, not surprisingly, attuned to President Biden's presentation. Everyone knows that as a child he was a severe stutterer and was bullied because of his speech. In the most important speech of his life before the nation and the world he was completely fluent. I know he is an inspiration to every stutterer who listened.
Amanda Gorman, the lovely poet who read her poem "The Hill We Climb" also overcame a speech disorder. She mispronounced the /r/ sound, but there's not a trace of that now. She, too, is an inspiration.
And by the way, our resident stutterer, George Springer, has left the Astros for Toronto. Here's hoping he continues to inspire kids who stutter. He will be missed.
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Actually, when I heard Amanda Gorman being interviewed prior to the inauguration day, I did hear her mispronunciation of the /r/ sound in the beginning of her interview but then, total control of it shortly thereafter. What a brilliant young woman!
another speech pathologist
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