<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/summer-2006/student-speaks-stutterers.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Student Speaks Up for Stutterers</title><excerpt>Madison Garcia ’09 refused to admit she had a stuttering problem. The speech disorder came and went. She finally went to see a speech therapist as a junior in high school. “I only have difficulty in certain situations,” she says. “But I struggled with denial for years and years.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="http://blogs.westmont.edu/magazine/files/2006/11/Garcia,-Madison-Original.jpg" alt="Madison Garcia"/>
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