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FRIENDS publishes Reaching Out, a digest of articles, reflections, stories, and information about the stuttering experience of young people, their families, and the professionals who work with them. It is upbeat, includes reviews of pertinent books and films, and will update you on your friends within FRIENDS. Many of the articles are written by our own members and tell of experiences that anyone who stutters can relate to and learn from. Below are some examples of articles featured in the Reaching Out newsletter. We hope you enjoy them.

• When Life Throws You a Curveball
  "It is not a sin to attempt and fail. It is a sin not to make an attempt at all," is a quote that all people who stutter should know. Whenever called upon in school to speak, I think of this quote...
• Feeling Beautiful
  I have watched my wife Peggy give birth to our three children, but as one midwife we talked to described the experience for the husband - each time it was like going to a dance and not being able to hear the music...
• Shame
  There were no self-help or online discussion groups when I was growing up. Not until I was in my twenties did I meet and talk to an adult who stuttered. I wish that as a kid, I had had that opportunity...
• Dear Rachel
  Your speech was excellent. Educating others is the key and you are doing a wonderful service for all of us who stutter by sharing your speech dream with your language arts class...
• Explaining
  I am blessed to have two beautiful and healthy sons. My oldest, Jonathan, is nine and from my first marriage. The youngest is James, four, and from my present marriage. Both are very normal boys in most respects: love to ride bikes, love chocolate and pizza, and hate naps but want to stay up as late as possible...
• Now You Know How I Feel
  Hi, my name is Joshua Teitcher and I am ten and a half years old. In my science class we were learning about Isaac Newton and his Three Laws of Motion...
• Journeying Through Juggling
  Stuggling and Juttering is a program that uses juggling as a metaphor for stuttering at all levels of the therapeutic process...