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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” 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
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 […]
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
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)
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Stammering- a disability? Tough question. Many PWS will strongly deny that. But some would say ‘yes’ to it. But what is the government stand? If government were to accept it, it would have to extend its “reasonable accommodation” further to PWS. So, they side step the issue. Also, stammering does not easily fits into the […]
A group of Canadian University students visited Samagra for four weeks. One of their Inquiry themes is Disability. They were shown two movies about stammering: ‘Unspeakable’ and ‘Courage to Speak’. They were taken to local schools where they interacted with a group of children with special needs, many dealing with speech issues. They have developed […]
The Chennai group is buzzing! But by the way, the 3rd Chennai meet at Marina beach is on 7.6.08 and not on 31.5.08. This change is due to heavy holiday crowd at baech…We just heard from Mr Manimaran, the coordinator for the Chennai group..The group plans to interact with local media too. Great! We are […]
FriendsStutterTalk is a website which offers you recordings (free of course) of interesting discussions on stammering as podcasts. Podcast is basically an MP3 file which you can play on your computer, MP3 player etc. Typical size is 20 mb which can take some time to download under Indian conditions. But once you download it, it […]
Post on Stutt-L. Guys and gals, The first list of adult and family workshops for the NSA Parsippany/NYC conference is now available on the NSA website at www.WeStutter.org. Click here for that listing. As always, six weeks before the conference, this list is very tentative and subject to change without notice. However it will give […]
Post on IndianPWS Group Dear Friends,The second Chennai meet is to be held on 18.05.2008 from 6.00 to 7.30 PM at marina beach near Gandhi statue. I kindly request every Chennai PWS to attend the meeting and benifit themselves. Dr.Sachin has given a small booklet about stammering. I will give the booklet in the meeting. […]
Times of India (Surat edition) covered the PWS SHG that we have been running in Surat. Here is the story. Akash
Here are some press clips as graphics; Send us if you have something relevant, please. The third picture is one of the many stammering cure ads in a leading news paper: judge for yourself, its ethics and its desperation.