Keith Boss recently replied to a young IPWS. We have left out the questions, because we know them too well. In any case, you can guess them from the answers. We are sharing here these answers because many of us may still have these questions..——————————————————— Good to hear from you.Questions / Answers. CURE OF STAMMERINGThere […]
Keith has just sent this link. On the face of it – it seems to be a good development. But a little voice says- WAIT! Sometime people do right things for wrong reasons..Anyway, I want the ‘great’ actors, not only to stammer but do other things, considered ’embarrassing’ by society- so that we all can […]
Samagra Ashram is organising a two day (Sat, Sun- 7-8th March) self help workshop for people who stammer (PWS). Anyone older than 14 is welcome. Girls are especially encouraged to participate. The focus will be on teaching and practising most useful techniques to help ‘forward moving’ speech and better communication; not just speech Motor skills […]
My birthday is approaching (01st March) and I have been thinking of gifting myself an iPhone. But I wasn’t able to comprehend how I will justify spending 25K on something essentially non-essential in these recessionary times to my wife. Well it looks like there is one justifiable reason 🙂 Scientists at Hollins Communications Research Institute […]
The TISA blog started on 18th May (or so). Since then, many things have happened. SHGs in Her bertpur (Dehradun), Pune, Mumbai, Chennai and now in Delhi, have made a beginning- sometime sure and sometime with a little stumble. But on the whole we seem to be doing well.Our stats have jumped up whenever someone […]
Many SHG facilitators often worry- what do we do in SHG meetings week after week? We have done all those 3 minutes introductions and reading the book etc etc. What new can we do?Hetal has contributed a very usefukl link. Manny of these activities I have conducted perosnally in different settings and each one of […]
Can living in communes be some kind of a solution for the emotional alienation we feel?Many people do that all the time- by renting a house in a particular quarter of the city, or by joining some housing colony or some kind of group based on ethnic, communal, linguistic or other bases. Imagine the joy […]
Social problem, Social solution- this has been going on in my head like a mantra for some time. Yes, I think stammering is a problem whose solution can NOT be found just by reading a book, browsing web, posting a message in a chat group, watching a self help video- No, one must get out […]
Here is a very nice little reminiscence from another “Vicks”.. PWS often wonder how their stammer started. What happened? Who was responsible? for what?The answers may lie in many small incidents and both within and without.. Read on..http://www.geocities.com/se1984_99/Innocence.html
Recently I came across a pension newsletter for retired government employees. Interestingly, it has many advertisement of Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) mainly for hearing aids but this can be a good database for TISA as well….. Akash
Dr Akash Acharya94261 48263 akash.acharya@gmail.comakash_acharya2002@yahoo.co.in Surat SHG meets every Saturday between 7pm to 9pm in Room no. 25 (2nd floor) Centre for Social Studies, University campus. Any PWS, family member/parents/friends/teacher connected to PWS or anyone interested in the issue of stammering is welcome to drop in and chat.
Vijay – 9917078033
Ajit Potdar -99300 66424Venu Gautam-98202 91098tisa.mumbai@gmail.com
Amol karale-9763951322, amolkarale9763″at”gmail.com
Abhishek 9873492722 Vishal 8447882161 Jitender 7503189365 Sikandar 9810654407 Lalit 9911566740 lalit.pandey99@gmail.com
I am another “Vicks”.. Let us use this name.. It is good. It doesn’t require doctor’s prescription!Here is another of my experiences:When I was a mere child, I was teased about my bumpy speech and it used to hurt. When I was just about 7-8 years, I often would sit quiet and think of life […]
I am “Vicks”.There are many experiences of my life..Some good and some bad… i would like to share most of them.Then you can choose what to publish in the blog 🙂 I was in class 8. It was the history class.I always feared reading in front of the whole class.That day sir told me to […]
Self help movement may be slow but it seems that it is going on. I think, in the years to come, it might become another silent revolution like Alcoholic Anonymous movement in the field of healing and wholeness. Yes, there are similarities: both are chronic conditions and ‘shame’ appears to be a common denominator. Here […]
Here is an interveiw with Dr Maya Sanghi (link submitted by Mr Mani maran of Chennai). A good honest interview. My reservations are only on one count: how many Indian parents will be able to pay for the long speech therapy? Will state ever subsidize this cost? And keeping these constraints will SLPs ever help […]
I came across Porky Pig, an animated cartoon character by Warner Brothers. Although I haven’t seen much but he surely stutters. Does any one know more? Is there are attempt to make fun and is there any controversy about this? Here is the Wiki link for Porky Pighttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porky_pig