Delhi SHG Meeting report 05/01/14

VENUE-Sai mandir park, Sector 40, Noida

MEMBERS PRESENT- Amit Dikshit (host),
Aditya Khajuriya, Naresh Sharma, Mukesh Raut, Anand Singh, Akashdeep Rayat

DURATION- around 2.5 hours

ACTIVITIES:

1. Introduction

2. Experience sharing and views about
stammering- everyone shared their experience at home, school/college/office and
at other places and situations faced due to that. There were variations in
development of stammering in everyone. Some had problem at home and others
didn’t. it was thought that behavior of people around us creates these changes.

3. Bouncing technique was practiced in
which the first word was repeated few times to make the mind calm and this
helped everybody to communicate.

4. Debate on the topic “is stammering a
disability or not”. Every member was given 3 minutes to stand and speak.
Speaking calmly and using the techniques was the primary concern rather than
the topic. But because everyone was linked with the topic many points were
raised. Majority held the view that it is not a disability. The points in its
support were:

a. Stammering is like a habit, which has
solidified over time and can be corrected.

b. There are many examples of people who
have changed

c. It is different from physical handicap
and is like a fractured bone, which needs proper care and becomes normal after treatment,
which might take long time.

d. Stammering is manifestation of fear of
others. We cannot change people but by understanding the problem and practice
can tackle it.

e. By accepting it as disability, we would
not take up challenge to do well in life and tackle stammering. Some members
felt that stammering helped them to work much harder to bring results, which
was beneficial.

WHILE, views regarding it being a disability
are as follows:

a. It affects our life just like other
disabilities.

b. Nobody is able to cure it 100%

c. Some senior members of PWS community
personally consider it as Disability.

It was also enumerated that there is lack
of proper research and understanding of stammering even among doctors and it is
possible that there are some types of stammering which would be incurable
linking to neurological problems. Such distinctions are still abstract and not
clear, as felt by members.

5. Entertainment round took place; jokes
were shared which everyone enjoyed. Members were happy and confident while
sharing jokes. Others sang songs and it was found that there are great singers
hidden inside and nobody has any problem in singing as singing follows a
rhythm. Everyone laughed and enjoyed.

6. “Breaking into alphabets” technique was
practiced. This technique needed more peace of mind and practice to be used.
Everyone followed the demo given by the host and older members and felt relaxed
and very calm.

Some
miscellaneous and personal discussions also happened making everyone feel
better.

CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING

The meeting was successfully undertaken and
all participants felt much more relaxed and happy and there was a better sense
of accepting stammering in everyone. Discussion about the next meeting was done
and it was also decided that anyone could prepare a speech/act to showcase in
upcoming meetings. Every departed happily.

Note : Report Is Written by Akashdeep Rayat.

6 thoughts on “Delhi SHG Meeting report 05/01/14”

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(January 5, 2014 - 4:47 pm)

congratulations to Akashdeep!!..very well written ,structured and beautiful Report.Guys.Akashdeep is very good classical singer.He has a great future in singing.He has very good presentation and communication skills.We all enjoyed meeting and learned together..keep writing and sharing ..:-)