Okay, friends- please bear with us. The final dates are: 28-31 Dec. 2011 and 1st Jan 2012 (5 days). Venue will be IHS( http://www.ihsindia.org/ ) at Bhubaneshwar Most people will get these days off, without much trouble, while for other slots, they will have to apply for leave, which may or may not get granted. […]
Stages of coping – Louise Heite It have took me more than 10 days to finish off the mini biography of a mature lady how she cope up the fear of stuttering in her life & placed stuttering as an integral part of her life. This biography was written in mid of last decade on […]
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Friends, here is a very heart warming story, in the spirit of “Power of One”..Mr Raja Poladi, Coordinator, TISA Hyderabad chapter talks to media.. http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article2237911.ece
Dear all, Here is the first draft of the agenda :http://www.scribd.com/doc/59881661/Conference-Agenda The Venue will be IHS( http://www.ihsindia.org/ ) at Bhubaneshwar.Please send your feedback and comments to jaiprakashsunda at gmail.com and satksri at gmail.com. Mr Manimaran has suggested following topics; if you have something in your mind, which is not covered by the current agenda, please […]
Dear all, I intend to come to the conference with my family members(mom, dad, brother and two cousin sisters 🙂 I just wanna know from you whether anyone of you also plan to do the same ? Actually from my interaction with a lot of parents, I have learned that parents and our family members […]
Naveen is one of the members of the Bangalore SHG from the very first meeting itself. I still remember the first meeting and was really surprised to see a person like him in the meeting as he was speaking fluently. He told he acquired this habit when he was in seventh standard and that he […]
Here i just come across a very handy rule for improving interpersonal skills which would help all PWS to counter the fear of stammering……. Don’t Start a Sentence if You Don’t Know How It Ends -By Whitson Gordon If you find you stick your foot in your mouth more often than not, weblog Stepcase Lifehack […]
This is the name of the sure cure book written by Partha Bagchi which I ordered around 1.5 years ago (before my association with TISA). in search of fluency.The cost of the course was Rs 4500.So i naturally thought that for such a huge amount of money i would be getting lots of stuff but […]
Dear all pws, As all we know that TISA is like a name of god for the people like me(means those who stammer).I am an adult pws who is college going. After semester exams, it is about one and half months free time for me . I can do many other works in this free […]
“If you can live through a childhood of stuttering, you can live through anything. And if you go into adulthood still stuttering, you can handle anything… You have been tempered by the fire.” David Seidler (scriptwriter – The King’s Speech)
TISA has around 19 SHG initiatives across the country. But the bitter fact is that only a few of these are able to meet regularly. Why do you think this happens? What are the challenges faced by the SHG Co-ordinators to keep going with SHGs and making the meetings happen regularly? What could be the […]
Hi everyone,from today I will be starting a new series called Stuttering Benefits in which I will be discussing things which I have got due to my stammer.I have spent years blaming it on how it has ripped me of various things( though 99% of the time I was just imagining things) but now I […]
PANDAS is an abbreviation for Pediatric(meaning related to medical care of children) Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections(refers infections caused by a spherical gram positive bacteria,e.g.-scarlet fever).In layman terms,it is related to the disorders caused due to an auto immune reaction of the body in response to the infection caused by the bacteria(called streptococci) […]
Prideful Humility!!!! Isnt it surprising…. I noticed this tiny conglomerate of words ((hope i m not doing too much torture to the readers here 🙂 with my efforts to make the post more interesting)) while reading another interesting mini biography of a stutter, although i havn’t finished that yet. Well it is not the review […]
Dear all, Due to the lack of enthusiasm in all of us for organising the first National Meet, we have accepted the bid of IHS( http://www.ihsindia.org/ ) at Bhubaneshwar. No, actually, we approached them and they kindly agreed to our request! This sets all of us free to concentrate on participating, rather than worrying about […]
Nishant and Vineet came today. Hats off to commitment of these two young men- their commitment to themselves! First we had some voice modulation exercises, with finger tips on our throat to appreciate the fine movement and vibration as the pitch or volume changes. I discussed the role of bringing consciousness down to our throat […]
Recently i have been lucky to review very honest mini biography of a stutterer (enlightened stutterer actually 🙂 Mr Russ Hicks from USA. So here i go…. ‘Don’t seek, search or demand – just RELAX. If you relax. it comes. If you relax, it is there &you start vibrating with it.’ This is what comes […]
Dear all, The bidding process for the first National Meet of TISA starts NOW! We invite applications from the volunteers who want to host this in their cities, with the basic details like expenses for hosting such a event for around 40-50 people for four days (tentative dates are around Christmas this year), facilities available, […]
Dear all, NSA is having their 28th National Conference this July(http://www.westutter.org/opencms/export/sites/default/nsa/pdfs/2011_Conference_Program.pdf). So, how about an all India Meet this Christmas. Do you think we can have a fourday meet at some suitable location in India? It will be an awesome experience,thats for sure! Looking forward to your comments (We are already lagging behind by 28 […]