Locksmith? Being jailed in Britain? What for?At first glance I found the news interesting and a little bit “hyped”- I mean, unbelievable. So I read the whole thing. It was interesting. A locksmith was taking desperate people for a ride. In a perfectly legal way! Until of course a judge used his discretion to question […]
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Pune SHG met this Sunday (We meet every weekend, with a very few exceptions. Now we also need to focus on writing a report for every meet). Anshul, Devang, Jai, Vipin and Suraj were present. Since it was Ganpati utsav, a pandal was playing music with speakers on full, we […]
Last week, I came across this yet another website, started by one of those self-proclaimed “ex-stammerer”, who have come up with a program to get rid of stutter (it’s amazing how the species belonging to this community is growing at an alarming rate!). Everything usual about this site, but one thing worth a mention is […]
Ciao, Massi, io sono un amico balbuziente da India, attualmente vivo a Legnano (Italia) su un periodo di prova… Oh, dont worry if you dont understand.. it is all “Godfather stuff”- I mean Italian! And guess, who is this Al Italiano? Of course our friendly neighborhood Kishore! Dont you know this bright eyed boy from […]
Written by Karthik Rajagopalan Hi All,We met this Sunday in Cubbon Park. There were 3 persons in the group this time.> Karthik> Asish> Tanoy The meeting went on well, and we did Self Intro, slow reading exercise and watching some Love birds. We had a great time being with nature. The next meeting is scheduled […]
Shorn Jacob is a young IPWS from Kerala. His blog is worth a read. He asks a very valid question: ” is my acceptance an end or a means ? “He concludes with: “In a much more comprehensive level, i will just need to forget whether its an end or a means. What that matters […]
Readers have been asking TISA for advice as to which SLP should they go to or take their children to. So far our well considered policy has been to recommend either the therapist in a government hospital or self help groups (TISA or otherwise). Many PWS dont share their therapy experiences and therefore there is […]
we at Pune met on sunday yet again for a vaue adding meeting. This is a place where i am always keen to attend to meet like-minded people. The meet was attended by JP, Manohar, Devang, Suraj and Mahesh. we started off with 5 mins meditation. we then did a round of brief introduction using […]
Yesterday, late at night (11:45 PM), myself and JP were talking – if ever my wife decides to divorce me you know whom to blame :-). JPsaid that most of the stutterers he had met, wallow in self-pity and don’t live their life – he used a nice Haryanvi term for them – Khatam Singh […]
Sandeep Chauhan from Paonta was very frank: he gave up his LLB training because of his stammer! Sahil, a young child of about 12 was very shy, today, his first day. Surendra and Pawan and Nishu were also there in the meeting today. Surendra and Pawan helped by sharing their stories with Sandeep – and […]
Hello, Mera naam Zeshan Hai. me ne aaj Sir Sachin Ke sath Nishu Kumar Bhai se Bhi Skype pe baat ki. Mujhay un se baat kar ke bohat acha laga. Hum ne Stammering ke bare me baat ki Unhoon ne mujhay Stammering ke bare me bataya. ham ne Ghulaam Ali ke Ghazal bhi gai. mujhay […]
Hello friends…As I was browsing internet and searching some information about stammering, I stumbled upon this very nice blog about stammering. It’s named “Courage to Stutter”. The blogger’s name is Kevin O’Neill who is a software professional and lives in Seattle, USA. I found this blog very inspiring, and thought it would be a good […]
अखबारों में अक्सर ऐसे विज्ञापन प्रकाशित होते हैं जिनमे हकलाहट दोष का एक महीने में सफल इलाज करने की गारंटी दी जाती है. आज से लगभग 6 साल पहले मै भी इसी तरह एक विज्ञापन के चक्कर में आकर अपने पैसे बर्बाद कर चूका हूँ. और वहां पर जाने पर मुझे एक माह में सिर्फ […]
Parmanand is a member of Herbertpur SHG. He is very hardworking and he financed his college education by doing sundry jobs. He joined Samagra sometime in 2008. He joined a local hospital as an Accountant in 2010. He is doing M.Com and hopes to do MBA someday. Recently, I saw that he has put two […]
Pics: 1. Mock Interview followed by feedback 2. Writing a review. 3 & 4. A Presentation: Tentative Plan for self-change We reviewed the videos of the previous day, discussed the body language as shown in the video and other variables of communication (volume, pitch, comfort level, participatory nature etc.). The participants were asked to write […]
Written by Karthik Rajagopalan We restarted our meeting this Sunday. Myself and Ashish were there in the meeting. We both have decided to meet up on alternate days as well apart from Sundays, to compensate the missed classes. People, who could join us, are most welcome. The next class is scheduled on Tuesday morning at […]
Lot of challenges for Lalit and Ajai today. For sachin too! After some question and answers, and practice of hard Vs soft blocks – they were taken to a meeting going on about disaster preparedness on the same floor. They had to stand in front of about 30 people and introduce themselves. Both did well. […]
तीसा (TISA)से जुड़े एक साथी ने पिछले दिनों मुझसे पूछा की हकलाहट से आपको कभी कोई फायदा हुआ है? यह मेरे लिए निश्चित तौर पर बड़ा अजीब सवाल था, क्योकि अब तक मैंने हकलाहट से होने वाले किसी लाभ के बारे में कभी सोचा ही नहीं था या यूँ कहिए के मन में कभी विचार […]
(above: Stammering interviews in the OPD) There are lot of questions tumbling out of the three participants; It has been tough job to stick to planned schedule. In the morning we completed watching Unspeakable and the discussion about its message. Then, we went to OPD for “Stammering Interviews” exercise; some bouncing exercise with strangers- also: […]
TISA has initiated a Self Help Group (SHG) Process in Baroda (Gujarat) with help from Abhijeet Yeole. Please get in touch with Abhijeet (abhiyeole08@gmail.com , 09687282262) if you want to join the SHG