University Stuttering Expert Applauds ‘King's Speech’
A Saint Xavier University associate professor who helps clients find their voice is impressed by the Oscar-nominated movie's portrayal of stuttering.
When Colin Firth, in his portrayal of King George VI in The King’s Speech, stepped before a radio microphone and saw the sea of faces before him only to stammer his way through his closing speech to the British Empire Exhibition in 1925, Karen Czarnik clutched herself. An associate professor of communication disorders and a stuttering expert at Saint Xavier University, Czarnik suddenly felt the pain, anxiety and shame experienced by her clients who stutter. “It went through my heart,” Czarnik said. Winner of "Best Picture" in Sunday's Academy Awards, among other Oscars, The King’s Speech is the true story of Prince Albert, the Duke of York (Queen Elizabeth’s father), a life-long stutterer who found himself thrust reluctantly into the role …
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National Stuttering Association
8:44 am on Monday, February 28, 2011
Saw the movie, it was great! Colin Firth’s portrayal of a person who stutters was top notch! As a person who stutters, I find that emotional support is just as important as therapy. For 35 years the National Stuttering Association (NSA) has connected kids and adults who stutter through local chapter meetings, workshops, on-line support groups and annual conferences in which over 600 people who … more ›