Delhi TISA SHG on 10th Oct..

We will be conducting a Self Help Group (SHG) meeting in Delhi at ConnaughtPlace, Central Park on 10th October 09 at 12 PM to 2 PM. Anyone who want to Joincan contact CA Deepak Sanothra at 9810656719. The activities covered will beSelf Introduction, Meditation, Bouncing, Prolongation and Presentations. Pleasetake some time off and have fun […]

ISAD- 22nd Oct- an appeal

Friends, we must share our stories.. Otherwise how will the world ever become any wiser?? So all the wise PWS, please put on your creative writing caps. Here is an appeal:

Bangalore SHG meeting on 2-Oct-2009

Written by Subhash We SHG members decided to meet on October 2, 2009 at 10:30 am. Since most of us were available, Amith had arranged to meet on Friday. It was raining for last few days, so we decided to meet in an enclosed place. The venue was Sudheendran’s house at Marathahalli. It was drizzling […]

My life is based on a true story!!

Dear TISA Friends, Over the years we bottle in a lot of emotions, which prevent long lasting recovery from our speech issues. Writing down our stories and sharing it with other like minded people is a well-known approach to healing, where sufferer (not the therapist) is at the center. Just check following stories to get […]

The third meeting of the Bangalore SHG

The third meeting of the Bangalore SHG was held on 27-Sep-2009 at Cubbon Park, the usual venue of the meeting. We were expecting only Amith, K1, S and I for this session as N and P had conveyed that they would be out of station. I reached the venue by 9.50 AM. Some function was […]

Bangluru- Third meeting !

Hi,This week there was not much strength in our team. Only 3 members, since it was a long weekend, many people travelled to their natives.Karthik, Sudheendran and Subhash met in cubbon park as usual. K thought he reached first and was waiting in the parking lot. He waited there for 5 mins and then called […]

Very Important counselling lesson

Mukesh was here in the morning for speech therapy. We started with story telling by bouncing and prolongation. As I saw and observed, Mukesh was good at both the techniques in the clinic but has never used them outside.So, I thought of taking him out and have both of us practice these techniques in the […]

Dehradun SHG meet

Dehradun SHG Met on 27th September 2009, at Mrs Jain’s house. We started by dividing ourselves into groups of two each and introduced our partners. Then we moved to a role play where we enacted a typical SHG meet, which helped some of the members bring out a lot of constructive feedback about the group […]

Chennai SHG meets!

Dear friends,The Chennai chapter meeting on 26.09.2009 were attended by 7 PWS. The low attendance was due to pooja holidays and in number of establishments the pooja was celebrated on that day. Well everyone told one story each. As usual, all were told stories in a hurry.I emphasied again the importance of pausing for a […]

Stuttering and Intelligence

Are stutterers supposed to be less intelligent? This is what many sellers ofcure think! They offer you “Under 9 minute” cure for 39 dollars! Here is a smartPWS who has taken the effort to rip this guy apart; very interesting read- andspread the good news:http://stutteringstudent.blogspot.com/2009/09/9-minute-stuttering-cure-update.html

A true Hero indeed !

Guys – check out this review of last night’s program by JP- Farah Khan talks to Rithik about his struggles with stammering.http://stammer.in/component/content/article/34-cat-info/191-hrithik-a-true-hero-.html

Common women & men – Uncommon lives !

As a run up to 22nd Oct (ISAD), TISA is bringing out uncommon stories of common men- people like us. We believe that by talking about our struggles and sharing our strategies- we benefit ourselves and the reader; Society too becomes more accepting and open in the process. After all, stammering is only a different […]

An appeal from Leys Geddes

Since we at the BSA have been cracking down on those misleading stammeringtreatment claims, featured in advertisements, mainly on Google, a lot ofthese snake oil salesmen have migrated to YouTube, whey they seem to beallowed to make all sorts of claims, and no one is doing anything about it.So, as a part of our International […]

Fun in Delhi !

DEAR IPWS based in DelhiAgain there will be fun activities in central park (delhi)cp at 1 pm on 26 sept(saturday)9891428380 ( Dr Kshitiz)

3rd meeting of Jammu SHG……!!!

On 19th sep(saturday), we had our 3rd meeting of jammu SHG. The main objective of this meeting was to face our fears and the feeling of embarassment that we PWS go through.It is often seen that the attitude of a PWS and fluency in his/her speech, often depends upon the listener reaction to his/her stammer […]

The Second meeting of the Bangalore SHG

The second meeting of the Bangalore SHG was held on 20-Sep-2009 at Cubbon Park. In the first meeting, it was decided to have the meeting at 10 AM every Sunday, with the available members. Since it took only half an hour the previous week for me to reach Cubbon Park from my residence in Marathahlli, […]

A fresh perspective

Savita is a social worker based in Pune. Once a week she writes a quality post on her blog (Times Change), which goes beyond her immediate world, her work in the voluntary sector. It discusses many issues which we may feel but may never talk about. It is also a thoughtful reflection on life and […]

Mumbai Meeting

This is to inform all of you that SHG session in Mumbai have been conducted today. Just wanted to show share some of the glimpses of the meeting. As I was the new member in the meeting, there were a total of 4 people. 1. Myself (Prakash)2. Ajit3. Bhaskar (one of the inspiring person)4. Vikas […]