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

Movie Brings 'Overwhelmingly Positive Attention' to Stuttering

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, January 25, 2011 - 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, +1-800-992-9392, 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.

Greg Wilson, gregwilsonpr at gmail.com, +1-571-239-7474, for The Stuttering Foundation. NOTE TO EDITORS: Foundation Spokesperson Jane Fraser — Jane Fraser is president of The Stuttering Foundation and co-author of If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents, 8th edition. She is also vice president of the Association for Research into Stammering in Childhood, Michael Palin Centre, in London. Ms. Fraser is available for interviews by contacting Greg Wilson, +1-571-239-7474 or email: gregwilsonpr at gmail.com.