Speech therapy Quotes

21 quotes from 19 authors

Speech therapy mixes science, patience, and triumph, offering a roadmap for those reclaiming their voice. This selection gathers 21 remarks from 19 experts, ranging from clinical insights to heartfelt encouragement. The variety shows how language recovery can be both disciplined practice and a deeply human journey.

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I had a stutter when I was a young. I went to speech therapy.

Zach Ertz

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I've been working hard: lots of therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, yoga too.

Gabrielle Giffords

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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.

Walter Dean Myers

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I distrust speech therapy. Words are the language of lies and evasions. Music cannot lie. Music talks to the heart.

Alasdair Gray

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Well, my brother says Hello. So, hooray for speech therapy.

Emo Philips

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I also had a stuttering problem. In a Mexican home they don't give you speech therapy; they don't even know what speech…

Felipe Esparza

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I grew up using hearing aids, and I had speech therapy and so forth, and that helped me to develop a passion…

Sean Berdy

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“A brick could be used in speech therapy, to cure a stutter. I mean look at me, I don't have a stutter.…

Jarod Kintz

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I'm part of a speech therapy course called the Maguire Programme. It isn't a cure; it's something you need to maintain and…

Gareth Gates

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A lot of families with kids with autism can't afford speech therapy for their children and can't afford to get them in…

Alex Bregman

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I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one…

Temple Grandin

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I grew up with an absolutely horrible, debilitating stutter, and it was what caused me to retreat into myself and caused me…

Tim Gunn

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I'm part of a speech therapy programme called the McGuire Programme. It teaches you a new way to breathe, a new way…

Gareth Gates

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I didn't know anything was wrong with me when I was growing up. I thought everyone went to occupational and speech therapy,…

RJ Mitte

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“The woman spoke with a heavy western North Carolina accent, which I used to discredit her authority. Here was a person for…

David Sedaris

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You need to take small steps when you dream big dreams. I am a published author with dyslexia, a professional speaker who…

Karl Mecklenburg

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When I was diagnosed, mothers were blamed for causing autism. There was no autism support. They'd put autistic kids in institutions. I…

Temple Grandin

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I'm really focused and committed to teaching now. Maybe when I'm about 30, which is in 10 years, I would like to…

Rachel Hurd-Wood

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“I sit down on the bed, cradling her little head against my shoulder, inhaling her sweet baby scent. Someday she'll get older,…

Jonathan Tropper

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“Speech therapy is an art that deserves to be more widely known. You cannot imagine the acrobatics your tongue mechanically performs in…

Jean-Dominique Bauby

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“How did you find me?" "I've followed you for a long time." He must have mistaken the look on my face for…

Sara Zarr

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