‘I had been blissfully unaware that my ‘difference’ was even apparent to others’: Neal Marsh discusses growing up with a stammer to spread awareness for ISAD
“He can’t be Joseph; he can’t even speak properly” bellowed Claude Von Buttface. I recoiled in shock. “He can do whatever he wants” exclaimed Mr T. Now, this may sound like the mutant hybrid of a scene from Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The A-Team but it was actually a narrative from the 1985 Oakland County Primary School nativity audition. Claude Von Buttface’s name has been changed to protect his identity and Mr T was my second-year teacher, real name Mr Turrell (but as we were all A-Team mega fans, he let us call him it).
