I had numerous impediments until I was in third grade.
Soft R, you know, like you're from Boston, but mine was horrible.
A pretty good lisp as well.
When I was in second grade and they made you read out loud I'd read ahead to see what words were gonna get people laughing. I never laughed at those kids that they made stammer through a paragraph sounding out every paragraph but man, everyone else did.
This little fucker, Frankie Courto laughed at me one too many times and when he did the last time I double handed the book upside his head. Swung it like a ball bat. Down.Goes.Frazier! yeah I got in trouble.
Had speech therapy back with the other disabled kids for 2 years. Back when they weren't acclimated.
How was I cured?
Hockey puck and stick to face, mouth all fucked up. When it healed. it was gone.
For some reason the authorities would frown upon that plan