Mumbai Chapter of TISA organises a meet

Ajit from Mumbai is organizing a two hour Self Help Meet in Mumbai this SUNDAY. Other core group members, Viren and Venu have joined in. Plesae participate and spread the word. (and Ajit, dont forget to send us a report and couple of pictures. Even if you send a phone video, it will be great. […]

Can a stutterer become Vice-president?

Tom started a very interesting debate. Can the stutterers be given an important (verbal kind) job only if they hide, or promise to suppress their stutter? Are they free to stutter in their job? Or do they avoid it, driven by their own sensitivity? This debate started with Jo Biden’s coming out about his stutter. […]

Stammering Workshop: Insights

The workshop (13-14 Sept 08) has left us with these insights, lessons and thoughts, derived through the two sub group activities, discussions, feedback and the Question answer sessions. PWS do not come forward for therapy, self help etc because of conservative negative social attitudes. Some young PWS worry about the possibility of their offspring inheriting […]

Online conference!!

F—–F..FriendsGet ready for the online conference (starts 1st October), hosted by Judith Kuster of Minnesota! She has been doing it for last so many years and has perfected it to a fine art (and science).. Check out the home page for more about it. Above is the logo for this year’s conference… http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/stutter.html And here […]

Podcasting in Indian languages

F..FriendsWe are in touch with Stuttertalk.com!They wish to promote podcasts in non-English languages too. Podcasting serves three purposes: Helps us to get in touch with our feelings, deeper thoughts, as we talk. Second, it educates audience as to stammering and related issues (no one knows these better than we do- we are the subject experts […]

Superstar of the Baltimore Conference!

Check out this very touching story of Senator Joe Biden, a candidate for Vice President of the United States. He talks very frankly about his childhood stuttering and experiences..http://www.nsastutter.org/newdetails/index.php?id=212 A heart warming tale..

Two day workshop

Samagra Speech Support Group is holding a two day workshop on “Stammering” on 13th & 14th September 2008. We will be sharing latest research on causation and techniques for self therapy. Anyone interested- families, children, teachers etc. are welcome. Hindi and English, both will be used as medium of instruction as per the need. Venue: […]

Chennai Chapter- Congratulations!!

Mr V. Manimaran and Mr Vishal Dadha have been appointed as TISA Coordinator and Assistant Coordinator respectively for Chennai Chapter from 1st June 2008. Congratulations from entire TISA family! Here is a brief bio. Mr.V.Manimaran, 51, has creditably served in Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) for last 28 years and is now […]

“Passing Twice”

“Passing Twice” is a community of Gay and Lesbian people who stutter. Their website is very interesting and full of insights. Check out the story of Jeff Pulling,the inspiration behind it:http://passingtwice.com/7341.htmlsachin

An online journal

The Journal of Stuttering Therapy, Advocacy and Research- is an online journal. It offers recent advances in our understanding of Stammering and what can be done about it. One of its recent issues has an interesting article on role of essays in therapy by Dale F. Williams, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. Here is the abstract: Using essays […]

Delhi meet- postponed. Sorry!

Dear friendsSorry. This meeting has to be postponed for the time being due tounavoidable reasons. We hope to be able to plan it in 1-2 months. Tillthen, please keep on thinking how we can plan it better.sachin for TISA

Prposed TISA meeting in Delhi 0n 30th July

Dear FriendsWe are planning to meet for an hour or so, on 30th July in Delhi. Tell us about the time and the venue, which will suit you. This is to discuss about TISA future and activities.Contact sachin woth your queries and feedback:satksri@rediffmail.com 09412058272 (Akash and Sachin)

Podcasting and stuttering

Samagra Speech support group has recorded its first pod cast, which has been kindly hosted by stuttertalk.com. While recording it, we discovered that we had become quite serious and our thoughts were diving deep into the issue we were discussing- the four of us. We felt energized by the whole experience, especially when we played […]

TISA Database

“The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) intends to develop a database of Indian People Who Stammer (IPWS). This will include IPWS residing in various states of India as well as abroad. The aim of the database is to connect IPWS with each other so that they can share their feelings. TISA believes that the database will […]

Self Help groups: Herbertpur (Dehradun), Pune and Chennai!

The first step is always difficult in any worthwhile endeavor – even more so for PWS. But when we do take that first step- often in the form of going out and meeting other PWS, we have truly taken a quantum leap- and the positive effects are felt for months altogether. Many PWS are doing […]

Skyping

I recently listened to one of the podcasts from stuttertalk: interview with Dr Phil Schneider. It was good. Wonder when some AIR bureaucrat will let us do a similar program on AIR, if ever? Then, again, I was talking to a friend from Pune and it brought back the need to talk, rather than just […]

“Cure” of stammering?

Someone has left a comment (anonymous, no email ID and poor choice of words!) questioning the concept of ‘cure’ from stammering. This has made me think deeply and pen following thoughts. From mainstream medical perspective, there can be many kinds of cure: bacteriological, symptomatic, functional etc. If the sick person has been able to reach […]

Bravo Chennai!

The Chennai group, facilitated by Mr Manimaran is meeting regularly on – guess where?- of course Marina beach. Accepting new friends, sharing information and offering support in many other ways is the hallmark of this group. TISA is considering a stammering carnival in Chennai, sometime in September. (Please let us know, why this should not […]

Stuttering and shame..

We have been reading some accounts of recovery from stuttering mindset.. One common thread appears to be: freedom from shame and fear of stuttering. Many of us focus too much on fluency, speech techniques, breathing, eye contact etc. but not enough on these deeper pervasive issues- attitude and emotions. Dr Sheehan’s iceberg model also talks […]