Hello, my name is Phyllis Edwards, and I’m an early childhood teacher who happens to have a stutter. It’s a job I’ve grown to love. I used to worry about reading stories at mat time, but with the support of the children, their families, and my colleagues, along with...
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We’re still enjoying an incredible high after our fundraising achievements last week and the good news keeps coming! This morning, our wonderful speech-language therapist Chris, was LIVE on TVNZ Breakfast getting his tattoo! When we launched the campaign, Chris...
START recently received its first bequest, from June Henderson, who passed away at the end of 2024 at the age of 91. In her will, June requested that the gift be used to support research into, and the development of, therapy approaches for children who stutter. ...
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...
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...