The King Speech screen writer, David Seidler knew that writing the story of stammering monarch, King George VI would empower hundreds of thousands of orally challenged individuals with speech difficulties.

But what most did not know was Seidler penned the Academy Award winning story to also give himself the voice he did not have at a young age.

Like George VI - - the British leader who in “The King Speech” was seen compelled to loose his crippling stammer in order to successfully rally his soldiers - - Seidler was also a ‘stutterer’ and had undertaken different speech therapies as a teenager.

His experience as he fought his speech difficulties are reflected in most of the sequences in the film and was brought to life beautifully in Academy award performances delivered by 2011 Oscars Best Actor winner, Colin Firth.

As he accepted his Oscars statue, he underscored is victory not only for the film and himself, but for everyone who have shared his experience and that of the King in the movie.

"I say this on behalf of all the stutterers in the world — we have a voice, we have been heard," Seidler said in his speech at Sunday’s Oscars.

Seidler emphasized that they, ‘stutterers’ are not what everyone knew they are.

"People still have the archaic notion that we stutters are feeble-minded simply because it is difficult for us to articulate our thoughts," the Oscar winning screenwriter was quoted as saying backstage.

Seidler has beat out fellow nominees for Original Screenplay including, Mike Leigh for “Another Year” ; Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy for “The Fighter”; Christopher Nolan for “Inception”; Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko, for “The Kids are All Right”.

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