Stuttering Foundation Gives The King's Speech a Hero's Welcome

Stuttering Foundation Gives The King's Speech a Hero's Welcome

Movie Brings 'Overwhelmingly Positive Attention' to Stuttering

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 25, 2011/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jane Fraser, president, The Stuttering Foundation (www.stutteringhelp.org), issued the following reaction to today's Oscar nominations:

"The Stuttering Foundation gives a hero's welcome to The King's Speech, which has brought overwhelmingly positive attention to the plight of people who stutter. The King's Speech, with its 12 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress nominations, continues to put a much-needed spotlight on stuttering. For the stuttering community, there are few, if any, more accurate portrayals of the anguish faced by people who stutter, or of the hardship it places on family and friends, than in this movie. Stuttering is most often the province of comic relief, and never of the hero. The King's Speech gives the stuttering community a hero who inspires and a movie that promotes understanding and acceptance of the complexities of stuttering. We congratulate the directors, producers, writers and actors for their work, and their humanity in helping millions of people who stutter with understanding and hope."

About the Foundation

Malcolm Fraser felt the same dread of speaking in public that King George VI experienced in the 1940s. Inspired by the plight of "Bertie," Fraser, a successful businessman and stutterer, went on to establish and endow the 64-year-old nonprofit Foundation in 1947. The Foundation provides a toll-free helpline, 800-992-9392, and free online resources on its Website, www.stutteringhelp.org, including services, referrals and support to people who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering. Please visit us at www.stutteringhelp.org.

SOURCE Stuttering Foundation of America

Stuttering Foundation of America

CONTACT: Greg Wilson, gregwilsonpr@gmail.com, +1-571-239-7474, for The Stuttering Foundation

Web Site: http://www.stutteringhelp.org

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