Following on from my previous blog, Ive done something about my life and one thing that Ive done is enrolled on a speech therapy course called the McGuire Programme.
This speech therapy program was going to be televised on BBC Three which was a huge thing for myself as it was going to give people an insight into my life and realize the struggles that Ive gone through and how I've managed to beat it. The program was called 'Stop My Stutter' and was run by Pop Idol runner up Gareth Gates who also suffered from a stammer which he has now overcome from attending the speech therapy courses.
I enrolled on the course as not only was a chance to get on TV, but I felt this was the last chance to do something as I felt that having a stammer was holding me back from achieving the things that I want to do in life.
For those of you that watched the program on the night of the TV schedule on BBC Three, you will have seen myself and fellow stammerers beating our stammer. The way this was done by carrying out techniques which was drilled to us over the 4 day intensive course and was followed by an over whelming leaving speech which nearly had me in tears as this was the best day of my life to date.
Following the TV appearance, I've had an overwhelming positive feedback through tweets from people who tuned into the show and mentioned how brave and inspiring I was and how well I've done to overcome my stammer, even all the way from Hong Kong! It just goes to show that you will only get somewhere if you put the hard work in. I've also done a few articles which I will blog and been stopped in the streets a few times which is something I aint used too :)
I also want to say well done to the other new stammerers on the show who also beat their stammer and well on their way to achieving things in life that they never wished of dreaming.
Mohammed Shafi
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