Hi. I am posting this to inspire young people or adults. I wrote it for a group for people who stutter. Feel free to share it. My goal is...

How to Communicate with Your Loved One Who Has Parkinson’s If you are caring for a loved one with Parkinson’s disease, you are probably...

Best Communication Hacks for Adults with ADHD You speak a lot! But it doesn’t seem like people recognize what you mean? You often confuse...

1. Help friends understand that you’re the same person, but might have new limitations now. Sharing information about the disease with...

Truth: The whole truth: a confession I used to make myself vomit. I hated school. I feared saying my name, being called on and generally...

Truth: The whole truth: a confession I used to make myself vomit. I hated school. I feared saying my name, being called on and generally...

Helping the College Student Who Stutter Become fluent….. Yes, there is hope and treatment. What can you do to help: Find someone who...

These are 20 things to know about me, not all stuttering related… My family means the world to me. They are the first, second and last...

Sept 1991-My first internship for my masters program in Speech Pathology was at a special education preschool on Long Island in NY. I was...

Many times I am asked what tools to use with stuttering.  Too many times people are looking at manuals and tools to cure stuttering. The...

Adults who stutter are tired of stuttering. They want to get the job they want. They want to stop hiding stuttering. They want to not...

All my life I have been told from speech pathologists, doctors and listeners to stop, calm down and breathe. Do you know the message...

My quest for fluency was endless. It also involved learning how to converse, pause and speak.  These are ways that fluency helped me. In...

My motto: Never teach what you will not use yourself to communicate? It is unnatural to talk in slow stretched speech. Try it and you...

Lori Melnitsky, MA CCC-SLP ASHA speech-language pathologist and Director of All Island Speech and Stuttering Therapy in Plainview, NY has...

Stuttering? Who understands how I speak? How loud do I have to scream to be heard?  I remember being 5 and told I should do a play for my...

Confidence is a skill that can be learned and taught.  There is a common misconception that confidence is a personality trait.  It is...

Stuttering is complex.  However many times people jumped to conclusions. As someone who stuttered severely and specializes in helping...