About the Author: Chiara Comastri, now a Psychologist and expert in stuttering, stuttered from the age of 3 to 20. After exploring various avenues to overcome this challenge, she chose to turn a personal struggle into a scientific, professional, and human research mission—integrating psychology and neuroscience to empower herself and countless others to regain control of their communication and their lives. As trainer and academic speaker, Chiara has realized her dream of supporting those who live with stuttering, ensuring they have the opportunity to fully express themselves without being defined by the condition. Today, she also coordinates an institutional technical committee aimed at turning inclusion into a tangible, guaranteed right for all.

Documentary Synopsis 

“My Words and I” (Io e le mie parole) offers a collective and intimate portrait of the many shades of stuttering through the personal stories of Giulia, Andrea, Giuseppe, Chiara, and other young people. The selected clips extracted from the full-length documentary, explore the different ways of living with, perceiving, and experiencing this communication disorder. Moving beyond clichés, the documentary looks past the mechanical aspects of speech articulation to give voice to the emotional journeys, everyday insecurities, and personal aspirations of each individual. Through intimate personal accounts and shared group moments, ‘My Words and I ’ highlights that there is no single way to stutter, nor a one-size-fits-all journey toward self-expression. Reclaiming one’s voice becomes a uniquely personal process, where communicative diversity is embraced as an integral part of one’s identity. 

Documentary directed by: Mirko Pincelli and produced by Pinch Media 

Screening Details
– Raindance Film Festival: officially selected at the London festival in 2013. 

Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome): screened as part of the program dedicated to the voice and legacy of Demetrio Stratos (Suono, Voce, Persona / La voce stratificata — “Sound, Voice, Person / The Stratified Voice”), where the documentary served as a testimony and reflection on the deep relationship between identity, the body, and spoken language.  

In addition, we wanted to share with you a link to another wonderful video created by one of our young members, produced for a past International Stuttering Awareness Day.