Hi, This Saturday, the group meeting took place at 2:00 PM at our usual place – the Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi. We had 10 attendees this time – Myself, Sikandar, Tarun, Kshitiz, Shivam, Sudhanshu, Deepak, Kishore, Pulkit and Vishal. We did the usual bit of introducing each other and sharing our experiences. Vishal […]
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Hi, This Saturday the Delhi Group met at it’s usual location – Central Park, Connaught Place, at the usual time – 2:00 PM. The first thought I had in my mind was that we will have to find another place for our meetings soon. Summer has already set-in and it was uncomfortably hot. Very soon […]
Hi, About a couple of years ago, I decided to try DAF, and see whether it really helps. Now the Speecheasy device is really expensive (about USD 5000), so I thought of an alternative – to go for Windows Mobile version of DAF software, and use a bluetooth head-set with my mobile. I downloaded the […]
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 […]
On 25th January, Surat SHG met over lunch. Sachin Mehta could not attend as he was out of town and Murtuza Railwaywala was occupied with a family illness. Akash and Hetal spent more than two hours discussing. Following points emerged TISA should develop standard a] presentation, b] article and c] brochure for circulation/dissemination. Presentation can […]
Here are links to couple of interesting videos. Both are short and won’t take more than 10 minutes to watch! Stuttering: A Medical Mystery (ABC News)http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=9R976UoWlqk&feature=related Famous People Who Stutterhttp://in.youtube.com/watch?v=mn2ycBLeuIs&NR=1
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
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
“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 […]
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