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Vikesh, 44 – Father-to-two, IT manager & keen traveller who has stuttered since childhood, BRISBANE
Vikesh, 44, Brisbane, is content with his lot in life. The happily married father-to-two works as an IT manager and harbours a passion for travelling. However, life has not always been so sweet for Vikesh. At 12 years of age, after relocating from India to the USA, Vikesh soon learned that he spoke differently…
Mark, 65 – Dentist & National President of SpeakEasy who has stuttered since childhood, ADELAIDE
Practising dentist, father-to-three, grandfather-to-two, and National President of the Australian SpeakEasy Association (ASEA), Mark, 65, Adelaide began stuttering around three years of age. His stuttering was so problematic, that at 30 years of age he was still finding it impossible to make a phone call as his speech would completely block for long periods of…
Geoff’s Story
Father-to-two, grandfather-to-four and stuttering coach, Geoff, 73, Perth, began stuttering at three years of age. What ensued was 53 years of trial and error with various speech-related techniques, and an unrelenting search to understand the disorder at its core. Over time, Geoff, whose father also stuttered up until his early teens, learned to…