Stotters

Jef, an eighteen-year-old boy with an autism spectrum disorder, has been struggling with a severe stuttering problem for years. Together with his parents, he made a series of attempts to get rid of his speech problem. In vain. Now, years later, he is fighting for the last time to overcome his stutter. He is helped in this by Gert, a stutter therapist who himself struggled with his words until he was 30. Together they try to overcome Jef's problem. Now that Jef feels that something can be done about his stuttering problem, he may be able to surpass himself in other areas too...

Keywords

  • disability

Actors

  • Jef Nyssen

Director

  • Joke Nyssen

Documentary

1h 13min

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Belgium
2010
Jef, an eighteen-year-old boy with an autism spectrum disorder, has been struggling with a severe stuttering problem for years. Together with his parents, he made a series of attempts to get rid of his speech problem. In vain. Now, years later, he is fighting for the last time to overcome his stutter. He is helped in this by Gert, a stutter therapist who himself struggled with his words until he was 30. Together they try to overcome Jef's problem. Now that Jef feels that something can be done about his stuttering problem, he may be able to surpass himself in other areas too...

Jef, an eighteen-year-old boy with an autism spectrum disorder, has been struggling with a severe stuttering problem for years. Together with his parents, he made a series of attempts to get rid of his speech problem. In vain. Now, years later, he is fighting for the last time to overcome his stutter. He is helped in this by Gert, a stutter therapist who himself struggled with his words until he was 30. Together they try to overcome Jef's problem. Now that Jef feels that something can be done about his stuttering problem, he may be able to surpass himself in other areas too...


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