David Seidler's The King's Speech, which is also screening, centres on the struggles of King George VI Colin Firthh) to overcome a speaking impediment in order to address his new subjects with authority following the sudden abdication of his brother Edward VIII, in 1936.
Churchill - probably the most famous orator in the English language overcame a speaking impediment; Roosevelt governed America for four terms from a wheel chair; Beethoven's music still brings joy to millions, and Hawking is one of the most important scientists alive today.
The inexorable inflation of ground rules, non-disclosure agreements, and other impediments to speaking and writing can only be stopped when people refuse to go along with them.
Sean is being coached in how to overcome his speech impediment by speaking slowly by his best friend, Jim Adamm Odsess-Rubin), who urges Sean to be more sociable with his friends.
By making your tongue and mouth work much harder around a physical speech impediment, enunciating will become easier when you are speaking normally without any obstruction in the way of your speaking.
Twenty-four years later, the former actor speaks with an impediment and is confined to a wheelchair, but he is very much thriving.
His mentor knew that the boy was living in a household where only Spanish was spoken — an impediment to reading and speaking proper English.
The Vatican's regard for gay people, gay pride and gay relationships may be hateful (I believe it is), but technically speaking, there are no canonical, dogmatic or doctrinal impediments to celebrating a mass in honor of "gay pride".
Not speaking out or non-assertive behaviour is an impediment to the solution of work-related problems According to social learning theory, active coping behaviour aimed at solving problems will improve when perceived self-efficacy increases [ 28, 29].
And the editor of a Qatari newspaper, speaking privately, told The Economist that laws were anyway not the main impediment to press freedom in his country.
