Maarten van der Weijden from Vught has described how stuttering affected him from childhood, including anxiety about difficult words and names. He said that when he gets stuck, he sometimes appreciates encouragement from the person he is speaking with, rather than being treated according to a fixed rule. He uses a hand rhythm to help him pronounce some difficult names.

Van der Weijden said he underwent Del Ferro therapy as a child, but felt it suggested that stuttering was his own fault. Stutter therapist Monique Hakenes said reactions to stuttering can make people see it as something wrong and that trying too hard not to stutter can make it worse. Van der Weijden has written a new book about the resilience he developed while dealing with his stutter and advised people to be patient with those who stutter.