A stammer shouldn’t slow you down

WHY ask for a cheeseburger when you want a hamburger? Maybe because you know you’re going to stumble over the word ‘hamburger.’

Eating something you don’t want simply because you feel unable to order what you do want, or failing to put your hand up in class even though you know the answer, can be just some of the implications of having a stammer.

That’s according to Jonathon Linklater who’s had the condition since the age of three. Now 37, he says it’s had some effect on his life: