Dear friends,The Chennai chapter meeting was held on 29th Aug and attended by 13 PWSincluding 2 new PWS and one 11 yr old boy along with his parent. This is the15th meeting of the Chennai chapter from its inception. There are about 30 PWSas members at present in this Chennai SHG. I am glad to […]
Weekly meet of Dehradun SHG
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The healing touch: Autistic children
This Sunday I participated in a workshop organised by parents of children suffering from Autism in Dehradun. Like me, there were many other participants, who did not have such a child but were there to help. The idea was to formalise a community support network for such children, so that even when parents are not […]
And I cried
Today i pinged one of my school time friend on orkut’s chat window, which generally I don’t do . We were asking each other about our present jobs, girlfriends ( which both of us have none ), families etc. Then suddenly he gave me his phone number and asked me to call him, or give […]
Group Therapy to School Kids
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Dehradun SHG meet, held on 23 August 2009
12 Members were present for the weekly Self Help Group (SHG) meet held at Samagra Ashram. We started with a round of introductions and had a quick test of our listening skills by testing how many names we could remember. The next activity was a puppet show where we organized ourselves into a team of […]
I was an ex-stammerer
I am 25 years old, person who stammer (PWS). I took speech therapy first time when I was 17, for 6 months & I was fluent for an year or so, but returned to my old habits soon..This is the same thing which I have observed in a lot of people in my self help […]
From the battle field!!
Manpreet, me (JP), Rishu (She is a volunteer at Samagra) and Sachin went to Christian Medical Hospital Yesterday. It was an oppurtunity for me and Manpreet to test our speech in daily life environment involving communicative pressure because its really easy to talk, bounce and prolong in a non-threatening environment at Samagra but for most […]
Find yourself a dream..
JP told me about this amazing story of a PWS Basket ball player..Truly inspiring. Check out if you want to know how “weakness” can be turned into strength with a little shifting of consciousness..http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/community&id=5822669 JP, a young IT pro on a sabbatical, is doing fine in Samagra- learning how to counsel young CWS/ PWS; how […]
Chennai SHG meet- 29th August
Next Chennai meet on 29.08.2009 at YWCA mini conference hall, #1086, Poonamalli high road near Dinathanthi office, Chennai 600086 from 4 PM to 7 PM. Manimaran 098842 89989
What holds us back ??
I always think what is that what holds us back? Is it our stammer or for that matter any other disability or is it our mental attitude or we really don’t know what we want.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8160700.stm gives a good thought to the subject.
Independence Day
“We are inaugurating TISA website on15th august, The independence day, at 8 am, by requesting a seniorIPWS (Indian person who stammers) and a HR consultant, to share histhoughts on true meaning of Independence of speech. You are welcome tovisit the website on 15th at 8 am, to read this write up – and thenchat with […]
TISA needs help
Dear friendsI wish to share something of great importance to us, the IPWS.1.After about an year or so of blogging and chatting a littlehaphazardly, now we have a proper home on web. The TISA website(stammer.in). It can be extended to accommodate future needs, willsoon have Indic script support, and other features to promote freeflow of […]
Pune TISA SHG, active and running
Hi All,We are now meeting every sunday at a new and convenient indoor place at the below mentioned address:Senior citizen’s hall,Opposite Anil Ambani Reliance Communications.Dhole patil road. PunePlease contact me (9881255051) in case of any issue locating this address. The sessions we conduct @Pune are getting really interesting by each passing day. It’s very amazing […]
From BSA
Dear FriendIt’s not often I email you with a fundraising issue – but this is something quite special:BSA member Rachel Reed is going to cross the Channel in support of the BSA. We’ve had 5km runs, 10km runs, even a Marathon but never a Herculean effort such as this. Just cycling to work for me […]
Surat SHG Update!
Akash and Hetal from Surat SHG met on Friday the 31st July evening. This time instead of my boring University office, we decided to meet at ‘A lot can happen over coffee’ place, CCD. Looking to the buzz, I felt like relishing an Irish Coffee but the place was little too exciting and it was […]
Pune SHG meet
Hi All, We will be meeting at the below address on coming Sunday ie. 02/08/2009, from 15:00 hrs to as long as it takes J Senior citizen’s hall. Opposite Anil Ambani Reliance Communications. Dhole patil road. Pune The agenda: 1. Some physical excercises, breathing and relaxation techniques. 2. Slow reading. 3. Speak on a topic […]
An amazing meeting in Delhi
We just had an amazing meeting in Akshardham temple and then near metro station..Kishore, Anuj, Nishant, Nitin, Sikandar, Kshitij, sachin.. they all appeared, as if by magic, one by one, out of this mass of humnaity.. smiled and greeted each other.. Talked of various things..And after about two hours, they parted. Issue of “Teasing” came […]
Chennai chimes..
The monthly meet of TISA Chennai was held on 26.07.09.In the meeting 8 PWS andmother of a new member participated.Two new members namely Mr.S andMr.SP joined. S is a software engineer and SP, a MBAgraduate. SP and his mother Mrs.K came all the way from Vijyawada toattend this meeting. Mr.MANIMARAN the founder co- ordinator missed […]
Pune Weekend Meet
Pune SHG have found a new place and are having their regular weekend meet at the below mentioned address on sundays at 3 pm. Senior citizen’s hall. (also known as Desai Hall) Opposite Reliance web world. Dhole patil road. Pune