Australian Story: July 7

On Monday’s Australian Story, singer Megan Washington goes public with one of her inner-most secrets: a debilitating stutter.

When she was asked to sing at a recent TEDx talk at the Sydney Opera House, she decided it was time to reveal something that has affected her since she was five years old.

In a brave and difficult speech that brought tears to the eyes of many in the audience, she talked about living life with a debilitating stutter.

“I’ve never really talked about it before. I used to try and be all the things that I want to be whilst suppressing it or trying to disguise it,” she told the crowd.

“But now I think I’d like to be whatever I am, despite it.”

In this episode of Australian Story, the ARIA award-winning performer talks about the reasons behind her decision to open up about such a personal issue.

And she describes the years of speech therapy which helped her to overcome and disguise the condition as she achieved fame and success in the music industry.

8pm Monday ABC1.