My Journey With Stuttering: A Tale of a Cat Who Can’t Tell

Hello everyone in the international stuttering community, it is my great pleasure to participate in the ISAD online conference for the first time. This year’s theme “Being Seen, Being Heard – Representation and normalization of stuttering in the mainstream” echoes my intention of making this illustration book. As persons who stutter, we would like to be understood for the struggles and challenges that we are getting through. By dissolving those assumptions brought by misconceptions towards stuttering, we can better integrate into mainstream society.  

These rough drawings are work of a narrative therapy workshop I joined in 2021, which is a personal reflection of living with stuttering from childhood to present days. The text content is presented in bilingual, i.e. Chinese (with Cantonese expression) and English. I have presented it on several informal occasions including a session with the Taiwan Stuttering Association. I wish this short story could bring you joy, and personally inspire some of you to create your own!

Cover page

Page 1: Childhood