Pune SHG met at our regular meeting place and time. I am proud and happy to say that the SHG here is expanding and I can see the people are evolving with time. Thanks to one and all So…anyways.. the meeting was attended by old folks and quite a few new siblings namely Devang, Manpreet, […]
TISA has initiated a Self Help Group (SHG) Process in Jaipur with help from Siddharth. Please get in touch with Ravi Sharma ( 9314013243 , ravi25252003[at]yahoo.com ) if you want to join the SHG.
A SHG meeting was conducted in Jaipur on Saturday 17-7-2010 .There were only two members Ravi ,he is in family business and Siddharth a b.tech student .Both I and Ravi exchanged our experinces and method to deal with stammering .Meeting was conducted in central park and lasted after an hour .Ravi and I decided what […]
This time we had a pre-decided agenda in mind. Initially it was decided that the SHG meeting would be held in Vasco, where Prakash stays, so that even he can make it for the meeting. But it didn’t work out today. So, it was I and Rahul again. We both settled on the sitting arrangement […]
Hi all, Please be there @ our regular meeting venue this Sunday @ 10.30 a.m. sharp. Please try to be on time. Timings: 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Venue: Senior citizen’s hall (Near Desai Hall) Opposite Reliance web world, Behind Kapila Hotel, Dhole Patil Road, Near Pune Railway station Pune Please find below this week’s […]
I kindly request each PWS to come with a speech of their choice. The style of speech to speaking to a 3 year old child ie very slowly. Pl make use of this opportunity. Venue: Y.W.C.A.INTERNATIONAL GUEST HOUSE, #1086, E.V.R.PERIYAR SALAI, (POONAMALLI HIGH ROAD), (NEAR DINATHANTHI OFFICE) CHENNAI-600084. Date and Time: 4 pm to 8 […]
WHILE SPEAKING CONCENTRATE ON YOUR THOUGHT INSTEAD OF SPEECHWe PWS make a mistake of putting too much attention on our speech while talking instead of thought process which is very much required for a continuous speeech flow. Further we should remember following 3 steps while having a dialogue:1.Before speech we should have a feeling that […]
An interview, full of insights, with Beata Ackerman, a researcher and activist:http://stammer.in/articles/38-cat-stuttering-related/360-beata-ackerman-an-activist-a-writer.html
The world-cup fever is finally over! We in India and people world over enjoyed the biggest event of the most popular sport- The FIFA World Cup. Indeed it’s fun to watch all the soccer giants of the likes of Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina and others… Along with the sport, we also enjoyed the hip-hop African […]
After two weeks of postponement, finally I and Harish decided to meet.As the monsoon has begun in Goa we had to change our venue from the outdoors of Nehru Park to the shelter of swimming pool complex in Fatorda. We both reached at 5:00pm and started the meeting with quick exchange of ‘hellos’. I began […]
A new recruit has joined us: Muazzam. Dropped out after class 8. No rewards for guessing why. Runs a grocery in a nearby village. His father was in the OPD a few days back, when TISA took its trainees to the hospital OPD for a live demo cum practice. Father spoke to us and mentioned […]
Hi All, great morning/afternoon !yesterday, gave another speech, but this time a very glum speech topic, apologies for it. Although the audience strength was low, people were appreciative about the content of the speech. I goofed up (again ;)quite a couple of times. I was entrusted with a role of ToastMaster of the day for […]
I have spent about thirty years working in different organizations. I have seen some of the seamier side of “Excellent communication skills in action”! Anyway, here is an interesting take on “Excellent Communication skills” requested by advertisers:http://stammerheadshark.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/excellent-verbal-communication-skills-essential/
Last Friday a PWS Mr. Rakesh (name changed on request), met me and discussed the problem in detail. He is 22 years old, an IT professional & having this problem since childhood. After discussion I realized that he is yet to accept this issue from heart. Because when I asked him whether I may put […]
Hi All, Good Evening.Last Sunday again, we met at the same venue at around quarter to eleven in the morning.This time, besides the usual suspects (viz. Manohar, Sanjeet, Rupesh, Syed), we had some new faces viz. Bhaskar and Manpreet. we occupied our seats and started meditating. Then we started a round of introduction using any […]
TISA has received following feedback about a Speech therapist in Chandigarh: “I had around two telephonic discussions with a speech therapist based in Chandigarh in recent past, who assured complete cure for a fee of Rs.20000/- to be paid in advance.. During discussions he mentioned that he will give contact numbers of persons who had […]
Delayed Auditory feedback is based on Choral effect. When you say something in unison with others- you forget all your hesitation and speak fluently. This is no cure and no strategy for long term management. Just a way to convince yourself that you can be fluent- under some circumstances- if you already did not know […]
Some of you have written about the video in the recent Quiz. Most people have thought of the person featured as a PWS. The fact is – he is a person with ‘normal’ speech. He came to us looking for help for his younger brother who is a CWS. All the dis-fluencies shown in the […]
My Thoughts regarding stammering :Date :1st July,2010I have stammering problem from the childhood. Yesterday evening I met Mr. Jasbir Singh Sandhu (very senior officer in the central Govt. department) who was there to help others. I have come to know about Mr. Sandhu from the internet site www.stammer.in . Mr. Jasbir Singh told me that […]
One can learn a lot by observing others. But for us PWS, speech becomes a distasteful topic. We neither want to observe minutely ourselves while talking nor others. When we do watch others talking, our attitude is that of a child, eying another child, with a huge doughnut! Not very objective. Nor very helpful. For […]