International Stuttering Community Honors THE KING'S SPEECH

The Stuttering Foundation and The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children honored the Academy Award-winning film The King's Speech at a gala event in New York City today.

The King's Speech, which will be released on DVD tomorrow, is enthusiastically supported by the stuttering community for the positive attention it has brought to stuttering.

The Stuttering Foundation's captivating public service announcement plays a starring role on every copy of the DVD.

"The King's Speech has raised awareness of stuttering beyond any level we could ever have imagined. The actors' incredibly accurate portrayal of the anguish faced by people who stutter has been instrumental in opening up honest dialogue about stuttering and its treatment," said Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation. She also thanked the film's director and screenwriter "for giving us a hero and a movie we can look to for inspiration, much as my father looked to King George VI more than six decades ago."

"We hope a copy of The King's Speech DVD will end up in the home of every person who stutters and in schools and universities around the world," added Fraser. "It is a story worth seeing over and over again for years to come."