The TISA blog started on 18th May (or so). Since then, many things have happened. SHGs in Her bertpur (Dehradun), Pune, Mumbai, Chennai and now in Delhi, have made a beginning- sometime sure and sometime with a little stumble. But on the whole we seem to be doing well.Our stats have jumped up whenever someone […]
Delhi group is getting ready for the D-day: 24th Jan. Nitin is revving people up… 4-5 people seem to have made up their mind.. TISA is watching this development with great interest.
Many SHG facilitators often worry- what do we do in SHG meetings week after week? We have done all those 3 minutes introductions and reading the book etc etc. What new can we do?Hetal has contributed a very usefukl link. Manny of these activities I have conducted perosnally in different settings and each one of […]
One of our Core group members, Dr B K Singh from Maihar, has been interviewed by IBN7 in Delhi. He has talked about stammering and what TISA plans to do on this issue. We will let you know when they air the program.. Hope, this trend will continue and gain momentum..Thank you IBN7 !
Here are links to couple of interesting videos. Both are short and won’t take more than 10 minutes to watch! Stuttering: A Medical Mystery (ABC News)http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=9R976UoWlqk&feature=related Famous People Who Stutterhttp://in.youtube.com/watch?v=mn2ycBLeuIs&NR=1
The Chennai meet on 11th Jan’2009 was attended by Sivasubramanian, Hassanand,Kanniappan, Arunachalam, Ganapathy (SLP) and Manimaran. This time the meeting washeld in a mini conference hall of YWCA where 25 can be easily accommodated. Every one spoke for about 15 min about their previous experiences and it wasvery lively session. Then Manimaran told about slow […]
Can living in communes be some kind of a solution for the emotional alienation we feel?Many people do that all the time- by renting a house in a particular quarter of the city, or by joining some housing colony or some kind of group based on ethnic, communal, linguistic or other bases. Imagine the joy […]
Social problem, Social solution- this has been going on in my head like a mantra for some time. Yes, I think stammering is a problem whose solution can NOT be found just by reading a book, browsing web, posting a message in a chat group, watching a self help video- No, one must get out […]
CHENNAI CHAPTER INAGURAL MEET VENUE Y.W.C.A.INTERNATIONAL GUEST HOUSE, #1086, E.V.R.PERIYAR SALAI (POONAMALLI HIGH ROAD), (ABOUT 1 KM FROM EGMORE RLY STATION) CHENNAI-600084. DATE 24.01.2008. TIME 11 AM TO 2 PM. Tentative Agenda: TIME, NAME OF SPEAKER, TOPIC 11.00 AM S.SIVASUBRAMANIAN, ASST.COORDINATOR: WELCOME ADDRESS & NEED FOR THIS MEETING 11.15 AM V.MANIMARAN, COORDINATOR: WHY LITTLE AWERNESS […]
Pramod (8880306060) [email protected] Dinesh 9880050526 dinesh.daredevil[at]gmail.com
Here is a very nice little reminiscence from another “Vicks”.. PWS often wonder how their stammer started. What happened? Who was responsible? for what?The answers may lie in many small incidents and both within and without.. Read on..http://www.geocities.com/se1984_99/Innocence.html
Recently I came across a pension newsletter for retired government employees. Interestingly, it has many advertisement of Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) mainly for hearing aids but this can be a good database for TISA as well….. Akash
Here is a press cutting about Chennai chapter of TISA (The Hindu, 2nd Jan 2009). Just for our records. Some beginnings in the new year.. Yes, we should use media for our purpose.Keep it up, Mani, Vishal, Hassanand, Siva and others..
The website for more details: http://www.chennaistammering.com Mr Manimaran (0) 9884289989 ([email protected]) Mr Sivasubramanian (0) 9940280073 Mr Vishal Dadha (0) 9791157911 ([email protected])
Dr Akash Acharya94261 48263 [email protected][email protected] Surat SHG meets every Saturday between 7pm to 9pm in Room no. 25 (2nd floor) Centre for Social Studies, University campus. Any PWS, family member/parents/friends/teacher connected to PWS or anyone interested in the issue of stammering is welcome to drop in and chat.
Vijay – 9917078033
Ajit Potdar -99300 66424Venu Gautam-98202 [email protected]
Amol karale-9763951322, amolkarale9763″at”gmail.com
Abhishek 9873492722 Vishal 8447882161 Jitender 7503189365 Sikandar 9810654407 Lalit 9911566740 [email protected]
I am another “Vicks”.. Let us use this name.. It is good. It doesn’t require doctor’s prescription!Here is another of my experiences:When I was a mere child, I was teased about my bumpy speech and it used to hurt. When I was just about 7-8 years, I often would sit quiet and think of life […]