around 3% of adults have a stammer — that's according to the british stammering association. former scotland rugby union captain kelly brown. he's been speaking to our reporter lydia campbell, who also has a stammer, about how sport can help to build communication skills. commentator: applause from the crowd, _ it's all scotland can do. kelly brown is through. i'm kelly brown, former scotland rugby captain, and i've got a stammer. like me, kelly is one of the estimated 1.5 million adults in the uk who have a stammer, a neurological condition that makes it physically hard to speak. but kelly also rates the highest level of his sport, and having a stammer was never an issue when playing rugby. i started playing when i was about five, every sunday i'd go down to the club and all my mates were there, and we got to go out and throw a ball around and have fun, and so it was never even an issue, it wasn't even a part of the conversation. it was just a part of me and no one cared, and everyonejust accepted it. when i was growing up, really struggling with my speech, i found sport was

now a patron of the british - patron of the british stammering association, kelly has a strong messageuse of this demo. ., ., demo. into the part of you, it is 'ust demo. into the part of you, it isjust how — demo. into the part of you, it is just how you _ demo. into the part of you, it isjust how you speak, - demo. into the part of you, it isjust how you speak, but. is just how you speak, but never let it hold you back. i fully believe that any stammerer can do whatever they want. , ., ., , , stammerer can do whatever they want. , ., ., ,, ~~ stammerer can do whatever they want. , ., ., ,, “ , now it's time for our world. in the summer of 2014, is militants swept across northern iraq. in sinjar, they would go on to commit a massacre, taking thousands of young women like amsha hostage. almost seven years later, much of the region remains in ruins and thousands remain missing. despite everything, amsha chose to remain in sinjar. now every day she confronts the deadly legacy left hidden by herformer captors. on the 3rd of august 2014, is militants invaded sinjar, homeland of the yazidi

around 3% of adults have a stammer — that's according to the british stammering association — and onetator: applause from the crowd, it's - all scotland can do. kelly brown is through. i'm kelly brown, former scotland rugby captain, and i've got a stammer. like me, kelly is one of the estimated 1.5 million adults in the uk who have a stammer, a neurological condition that makes it physically hard to speak. but kelly also rates the highest level of his sport, and having a stammer was never an issue when playing rugby. i started playing when i was about five, every sunday i'd go down to the club and all my mates were there, and we got to go out and throw a ball around and have fun, and so it was never even an issue, it wasn't even a part of the conversation. it was just a part of me and no one cared, and everyonejust accepted it. when i was growing up, really struggling with my speech, i found sport was the safe spot. do you think that sport, with it being so communication based, can really help kids with stammers? i think it's brilliant for all sorts of life skills, but especially comm

that's according to the british stammering association. own to the club and all my mates were there, and we got to go out and throw a ball around and have fun, and so it was never even an issue, it wasn't even a part of the conversation. it was just a part of me and no one cared, and everyonejust accepted it. when i was growing up, really struggling with my speech, i found sport was the safe spot. do you think that sport, with it being so communication based, can really help kids with stammers? i think it's brilliant for all sorts of life skills, but especially communication, because it teaches you how to be a part of a team, and a part of that is having to communicate with your team—mates. you know, good team—mates, you've got to support each other. and so it was just an amazing environment, i believe, for anyone that's got a stammer. many people with a stammer find the idea of sport daunting, but anything that can help to bring confidence can bring benefits. anything that gets them mixing with other people and having to talk and converse