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Joel’s ’30 for START’ Challenge

We’re so proud of Joel who has already raised over $1,000 for our ’30 for START’ October fundraising campaign – and he’s still going! In this video, he speaks beautifully about his stuttering journey and why he's taking on the challenge of 100 push-ups and 100 squats...

Seven Sharp Story

On Thursday 2nd October 2025, Janelle Irvine (Executive Director of START), Matt James (person who stutters) and Nikki Hart (STARTs Ambassador) featured on Seven Sharp. Matt, shared his personal experience of living with a stutter - reminding us all that a little...

Book Recommendation: Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor, illustrated by Rafael Lopez

Award winning children’s book Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You is a beautifully written and illustrated book reminding us that we’re all unique and our differences are our superpowers – including stuttering! Likening people to flowers – each unique, growing in different ways and needing different things to thrive – this book helps build acceptance and understanding, and normalises the experience of being different. 

Research

Supporting research about stuttering is an important part of what we do at START.  

Over many years, the START has collaborated with a number of national and international organisations including Australian Stuttering Research Centre (ASRC), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the New Zealand Coaching and Mentoring Centre (NZMC). 

START supports Honours students from Massey University’s Speech Language Therapy Programme and Masters students from the University of Auckland’s Speech Science Programme to complete research into stuttering within New Zealand.  Most recently this has involved developing a Teacher Resource – link here

We also support other organisations and individuals in their research, and encourage people who stutter to participate (if interested). Current research projects are listed below:

Current Research Projects:
International perspectives of adults who stutter

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