my stammering in college (Zeshan)

Hye, My name is Zeshan, and i am a stammer.. me aap ko apne college ke bare me batata hon ke mujhe us me kia kia mushkilain pash aai hain.. me taqreeban 1 month se college ja raha hoon.. college me larke kafi ache hain because wo mera mazaq nai urate, shayad is liye kioke […]

A moving documentary

Friends, here is a amazing documentary made by a sister of a PWS brother. More:“STAMMERS tells the story of Jef, an 18-year old with autism spectrum disorder, who struggles with severe stammering. Together with his parents Jef made several unsuccessful attempts to overcome his speech problems. Now, years later, he decided to fight his stammering […]

Befriending your fears

The seventy-something speaker was a clinical psychologist-turned . He was going to address a group of 100 meditation students. But suddenly he blanked out. He forgot what he was supposed to do. He didn’t know where he was and why he was there. All he knew was that his heart was thudding furiously and his […]

क्या करें! टाइम नहीं मिलता … !

कई साथी हकलाहट दोष का समाधान चाहते है, लेकिन टाइम नहीं मिलता अभ्यास करने के लिए. अधिकतर हकलाने वाले लोग मेहनत करने से बचने के लिए यही बहाना बनाते है. यहाँ एक सवाल यह है की जब आपको अपने रोज़ के काम करने, टी.वी. देखने, खाने-पीने का समय मिल जाता है तो फिर हकलाहट दूर […]

COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP IN CHANDIGARH

TISA is planning to conduct a workshop on communication for people who stammer in Chandigarh shortly. It will be one day workshop on either Saturday or Sunday to be decided with mutual consent of the participants. The workshop doesn’t promise cure but will certainly help to become a better communicator and clear the doubts relating […]

SATISFACTION

I really undestood the meaning of SATISFACTION first time on 02.10.2010 when I motivated two PWS from Chandigarh Sh. Mohit Sharma and Sh. Ishan to attend Toastmasters humours contest Meet as my guests. After the meet as per custom they were asked to introduce themselves. Before a gathering of around 20 persons they came on […]

ISAD, have queries or wish to participate?

1. Type URL in your browser : http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad13/isadcon13.html 2. If you scroll down this page, you will see topics with headers:– Special Features– Stuttering Information & Issues– Clinical Nuggets: Treatment Treasures & Activities …. and so on…. 3. Each of these headers has several articles under them. Click on the article title, which will open […]

A Surprise :)

Though I was there in the communication workshop in Kolkatta, sometimes, still, I feel vexed with myself. However, it is sooooooooo surprising for me that in my third year classes, I was able to present my papers in front of so many students and professors; THROUGHOUT MY PRESENTATION, I DID NOT STAMMER AT ALL FOR […]

Herbertpur: 26th Sept 2010

Today, Mukarram and Siddhrath (with his mom and aunt) came. We decided to have some videography and video feedback. In a child as young as Siddharth (7 years) it is often very difficult to differentiate between normal disfluency and abnormal ones. You have to observe carefully, minutely and know how does a “normal” child talks. […]

Is this “Acceptance”?

I came across a very balanced analytical therapy review at IPWS yahoo group (5712); one statement stands out: “..ACCEPTANCE is the most important part, this is not taught in BAGCHI’S course..” Why dont therapists talk about Acceptance?Is it because if they did so, the client will run away saying: If I had to accept my […]

Jaipur SHG Report

Luckily jaipur SHG has got one more member .His name is Agam Ambrish ,a b.tech. second year student .He has different approach towards stammering than me and Ravi ,he is very optimistic about it and don’t feel himself different than others .His approach towards stammering is really inspiring .But bouncing techinque and slow sppech didn’t […]

My *FIRST* Public Speaking Experience

Hi Everyone…I am just dying to share my experiences with you all as a B’ed teacher trainee. Let me start by saying at last I found what I love and am enjoying every bit of it…My first lesson was on 27th August but much before that I had to give micro lessons to my colleagues […]

Stam…mm…er? Not Anymore!

The september issue of Health & Nutrition has featured the success story of Dr. Akash Acharya (Surat, Gujrat). With this Dr. Acharya will inspire many more PWS across the country. There is also a brief mention of TISA and it’s activities. The article has received an encouraging response and a number of inquiry calls. Let […]

Chennai meet – 29th Oct 2010

Dear friends,The Chennai chapter meeting held on 29.09.2010 were attended by 8 PWS. Pankaj Tiwary a new PWS has attended the meeting. As usual, we spoke about one hour about stammering like acceptance, attending interviews etc.Then the discussion come to meditation. I told that meditation is the best thing to calm our mind. I taught […]

My Journey from India to Italy.

Hi(Ciao)guys its Kishore.I am a person who stutter, as like many stutter friends I start stuttering at a very young age. I hardly remember the time when I start stuttering. I know i imitated one of my village guy who was a stutter, during those days no one in my family thought of it seriously. […]

Contributions Invited !

Dear members of TISA family,Inviting your contributions for the second edition of Samvad (TISA Newsletter). If you have your say, voice out your opinion, If you have some inspirational stuff or even a verse or a poetry that you may have penned down… Anything that you feel is relevant and worth a mention in the […]

Lock & block of the tongue? Need a Blocksmith?

Locksmith? Being jailed in Britain? What for?At first glance I found the news interesting and a little bit “hyped”- I mean, unbelievable. So I read the whole thing. It was interesting. A locksmith was taking desperate people for a ride. In a perfectly legal way! Until of course a judge used his discretion to question […]

Pune SHG weekly meet – 12 Sep 2010

p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Pune SHG met this Sunday (We meet every weekend, with a very few exceptions. Now we also need to focus on writing a report for every meet). Anshul, Devang, Jai, Vipin and Suraj were present. Since it was Ganpati utsav, a pandal was playing music with speakers on full, we […]