posts discussing stammering awareness, like ISAD events, or a SHG going out to educate society about stammering.. etc.
What people who stutter (PWS) need in order to gain some control over their stutter may not always be therapy of some kind, but exposure! Yes, exposure to more and more scenarios and circumstances – Circumstances that could allow them to express themselves vocally and thereby inspire them to make little efforts to stride out […]
TISA Bangalore Shg meeting: 30/07/23. Note: The following is the report from the self-help meeting in Bangalore on 30th July. The report is from Promod, one of the participants. These self-help meetings happened across India- Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, etc. More information can be found on the TISA website. Attendees: Sudhanshu, Vivek, Dr. Arjun, Keerthan, Labani, Akshay, […]
Stammering is made up of negative experiences collected from our childhood, this acts up every time we speak, setting up a mechanism, to prevent us from speaking when we really want to, to protect us from all the shame that stammering has caused us, this conflict, perhaps is the predicament of a PWS. So, how […]
The past two years were rough. For the world, and for us, the members of TISA, who used to meet regularly to work on their speech, communication, and personality development. The COVID-19 pandemic led us to conduct online meetings. Physical meetings stopped altogether. And now, when the situation is much better, SHG meetings are back. […]
Fluency of broken words ~ Manpreet Kaur Everyone is equal, And should be treated fairly”. Wish it was more than ‘euphonious’. I have capabilities yet not one, Stammering makes a label, “A red flag”! Why can’t communication be overlooked, When a person is intellectually creative. Those unspoken internal conflicts Conscious of their gait, Yet inaudible […]
“Today, I want to share a very interesting story. I m Pratik Ranjan Yadav from Uttar Pradesh. I have completed my Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Manipal University. I am 25 right now & also a proud stammerer.My stammering got severe from 6th and that is the time when people started bullying me and calling […]
Upanishads say that he who says he knows, knows not and he who says he doesn’t know knows something. The meaning is that the reality cannot be grasped by the senses and if somebody says that he doesn’t know it, he at least has come to a state in which he has understood the limitations […]
I am so happy that the three days of NC have gone so well, from every perspective. My happiness is doubled, even trebled, when I realise that all this has happened without me hovering all over NC like a compulsive mother hen! When I left home on 19th Sept. for Leh, there were two predominant […]
I have been stammering since I was 5-6 years old, and every time I used to think that when will this curse get away from me. Being a PWS we all have our own haunted moments where we were not able to utter a single word and we were not able to understand the reason […]
I have been watching with some interest, a new pws who has been organizing Google hangout frequently with great energy. Couple of times, I bobbed in and out of these hangouts. He was conducting these hangouts in a very organized way- giving everyone plenty of time, without turning it in a personal monologue. He was […]
Written By Alok Kundnani (PWS & TISA Volunteer, Delhi SHG) That was already a bad day for me as I had a lot of pending work to finish off. The awesome weather was the culprit. It was not letting me concentrate on my work. That afternoon, the sky turned red after a drizzle but […]
Afzal and Arun Kumar just completed the workshop with Sachin sir now they returned and doing frequently stranger talk meeting. This time Arun Kumar has some personal work with somewhere and Afzal also joined with Arun Kumar and they after work travel by metro and reached to Central Secretariat metro station that is adjacent to […]
21st Oct 2019, Herbertpur, Dehradun: Uttarakhand TISA group, conducted an awareness session for ‘Dip in Health Assistance (DHA)’ students in Herbertpu Christian Hospital today. Tisa was represented by Mohit, the group Coordinator, Sunil Nagila (who recently attended Bhopal NC), Sumit Srikoti- an old and active member; Jaideep, who is living with Autism and Sachin, a social […]
Stammering can be traumatizing. What goes through the mind of a person who stammers (PWS) when he is made fun of? What is it to be a “Person who Stammers”? Mounathin Satham (in English – Sound of Silence) is a Tamil short film that tries to portray a very important aspect of stammering- the Social […]
Watch stammering Awareness programme- Pradip’s review on ISAD- 22nd October is International Stammering Awareness Day and we at Ahmedabad SHG, TISA celebrated it a day before. Members who participated gathered at decided location in morning 6:45. Parimal Garden is blessed with wonderful nature and great atmosphere. After the arrival of everyone we started our first round […]
Communication workshop Chennai After a successful completion of National Conference in Bengaluru, We are excited to announce a communication workshop in capital of Tamilnadu, Chennai. Chennai SHG is one of the oldest SHG in TISA. It was started with the Manimaran sir in 2008 at the Marina beach. Since then, it has achieved many milestones. […]
On the occasion of International Stuttering Awareness day (22nd Oct), Red FM Bengaluru station featured our beloved mentor Dr. Sachin Srivastava. Do listen to this short 2 min feature, where Dr. Sachin talks about what is stammering and spreads the much needed awareness. Thanks Red FM Bengaluru for this opportunity to spread awareness on this […]
Delhi SHG organize ISAD (International Stammering awareness Day) in India Gate in which I give time of 6 pm but only person ready to come. So we not cancel the meeting and we did meeting as on 22-Oct-2018 there were strike of petrol pump and CNG pump so its difficult to any one to reach […]
A contingent of 24 students of Masters of Social Work from Parul University , Vadodara, Gujrat is visiting Goa for their study tour. As a part of this, they are interacting with many non-profit organizations, NGOs, industries, resorts and other institutions to enrich their learning experience. As a part of this tour, today was the meeting […]
Most of us suffer from pain of not speaking well and it is human nature that we think our problem is the biggest. But if we dare and look at outside world , 99% people have problems in their life .. some might be suffering from a disease which may allow him/her to live only […]