Written by: Tanoy Battacharjee A chilled morning waited for us once again. I reached the spot by 10.40 AM. Vinay had already arrived and was waiting for company. Soon, Amit also joined. Amit told no other member would be with us for the meeting. As our normal place was already occupied (as Sudhi was not […]
Venue: 7th Feb 2010: Anugrah, Herbertpur.Participants: Vineet, Amaan, Pawan, Raju, Nishu and Sachin.Nishu had brought a lot of news paper cuttings. These were given to participants- they studied them for 5 minutes and then made a 3-4 minute presentation on their own (no looking down at the piece of paper) – and then, gave their”critical” […]
Transactional analysis (TA) is a useful way of understanding communication and intentions (often subconscious) behind it: a social psychology developed by Eric Berne, MD. It helps us to understand why sometime some of us dissatisfied with the communication itself or its outcomes. Harish has offered some very interesting examples of TA in the context of […]
Disorientation and inability to focus attention, e.g. on where one is in a presentation. A feeling of having forgotten one’s craft, e.g. words, basic knowledge. Subjective feeling of loss of control – the brain ‘goes blank’ and the head is ‘swimming’. Constant worry about the inability to perform successfully. A feeling of being alone or […]
Hi All,Meeting your friends face to face in a SHG meeting- nothing like that of course. But in case you miss it some time- remember, you can meet online too! There would be meet online daily by 9pm to 10pm on daily basis in Skype. Going ahead we can see the strength and interest of […]
Keith is sharing very valuable experiences and thoughts at:http://stammer.in/forums/topic/44-Keithanswersyourqueries12thto24thFeb.html Check it out and come up with your thoughts, concerns, comments and questions..sachin
By the time I reached Cubbon Park, I received a call from Amith telling Manohar from Pune was in Bangalore and that he would be coming with him by 10.30. I went to the hut where we meet, but some people were sitting there. I also occupied a seat in the hut and began to […]
We have heard of so many celebrities who stammer. Biggest name in India – Hrithik Roshan. But there are some more – Rowan Atkinson (of the Mr. Bean fame), Ed Ball (British Minister for Labour). I’ve also come across on internet about Dilip Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Kishore Kumar also being prey to the same problem. […]
Write up by Pramod Just rode through Cubbon park and there was this fine chirping of the leaves on a sunny Sunday! I happened to be the first to the meet. Well I was the first for a very long time and it made me feel a bit unusual! Anxiety just tripped down when I […]
Dear friends, The Chennai chapter meeting was held on 30th Jan and 8 pws were attended. In the meeting we mostly discussed about Mr.Keith visit to Chennai and I am happy to inform that all the pws have volunteered themselves for Mr.Keith’s visit. We have also decided to meet once in a fortnight from 2010 […]
Pawan, Vineet, Amaan, Nishu, Surendra, Raju, Parmanand, Mrs Jain and Sachin watched the movie “Front of the class” in Anugrah today (31st Jan). Then, we discussed what appealed most to us. Some responses:1. The fact that instead of suffering helplessly he (Bob) tried to educate people about his condition..2. The fact that he did not […]
It so happens many a times that you don’t realize how time passes by. Suddenly, you realize that you have spent a lot of time, and spent it constructively, learning, creating new things or new ideas… and still enjoyed. Today we had a same feeling when we walked out of Nehru Park, after our SHG […]
TISA is pleased to share the online report (pdf, 8.7 mb) of first Communication workshop conducted in Herbertpur from 7th to 16th Jan 2010. Ten IPWS participated in it. Two worked as facilitators. Everyone contributed to the onward momentum and collective sharing. The framework of the workshop was based on CALMS approach. Prolongation, bouncing, pausing […]
Vitiligo is a harmless white patch on skin- but due to poor awareness, society reacts negatively and the person is often subjected to meaningless discrimination. Here is a poem from Mr Arvind Gupta, which says everything, that needs to be said, not just about Vitiligo, but all other superficial differences in our looks and functions.. […]
Recently a TISA member was criticised by colleagues for mentioning stammering, while writing a post on Swapnil Asnodkar. TISA sees nothing shameful about stammering, in public or in private. Infact, when a PWS makes good, we only want to congratulate him and celebrate his acheivement, to emphasise in a way, that inspite of negative social […]
Harish from Goa has sent following links of video clips of an interview of Swapnil Asnodkar.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVRqTbJw0_Ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCGEFQQjsycIn Stuttering modification approach, we try to stammer easily, effortlessly, without struggle- instead of trying to STOP stammering (many therapies try this and fail sooner or later). While trying to learn this practically- we have to catalogue our entire stuttering […]
Dear All Delhi’s SHG Members. Mr kaith Boss (International Stuttering Association) would be staying in YMCA International Hostel at Jai Singh Road, C.P, New Delhi -1 from 11th Feb to 15th Feb 2010. The Conference is scheduled for 14th Feb 2010 in YWCA Asoka Road C.P, New Delhi – 1 (Just adjacent to YMCA) form […]
It’s IPL season once again! IPL season III will hit the grounds very soon. The waves of popularity created by this new cricket phenomenon that started 3 years ago, was enormous not only in India, but throughout the world. I am sure everybody must have already started fancying their favourite teams’ chances in the season […]
Today we deceided to go out to nearby village, Fatehpur for a public contact program. Another agenda was to parctice speech skills in real life situation, what is termed “transference” in speech pathology literature.As per the unwritten protocol, we visited the Pradhan of the village. Since he was not at home we spoke to his […]
As most of us have suffered at some point in time in our life, going to a speech therapist or undergoing a therapy which claimed cure for stammering.Now is the time to be part of the CHANGE. A change where we atleast raise our voice against such false advertisements. If you wish to sign the […]