I am “Vicks”.There are many experiences of my life..Some good and some bad… i would like to share most of them.Then you can choose what to publish in the blog 🙂 I was in class 8. It was the history class.I always feared reading in front of the whole class.That day sir told me to […]
Self help movement may be slow but it seems that it is going on. I think, in the years to come, it might become another silent revolution like Alcoholic Anonymous movement in the field of healing and wholeness. Yes, there are similarities: both are chronic conditions and ‘shame’ appears to be a common denominator. Here […]
Eric McSherry has guts to do self advocacy.. Many PWS would love to do it. This child from Massachussets can teach us something. Encouraged by his teacher, he goes to classes and educates children about stammering and how they should respond to it. Here is the complete article:http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/lifestyle/health_and_environment/x1016923564/Teen-explains-stuttering-in-order-to-educate
Vishal (Chennai chapter of TISA) had lodged a complaint with ASCI about an Ad., portraying stammering in an objectionable way. ASCI has acted on it. Vishal has received the following response: > —–Original Message—–> From: “ASCI” >> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:52:21> To: >> Subject: C.3231 – Your complaint to ASCI against the TVC […]
Hetal Vin has shared the following link about Hrithik. http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1704498 Yes, I admire Hrithik, for acting as well as sheer ‘presence’- and now, even more, since he has the humility and guts to talk about his difficulties. My personal experience is, when I talk about my stamering, it melts away- and many people feel disappointed! […]
A yahoo video ad was noticed by one of our TISA team members on Sep 22 (8.23 am). It portrayed stammering in a negative way. To use his words- it was an ad “in which stammering has been used to create fun in bad taste.”The TISA members and other IPWS promptly went into action, lodged […]
One of us has seen a Yahoo ad in poor taste. Hetal has supplied the address of The Advertising Standard Council of India (ASCI). We are planning to lodge a formal complaint. We need more information on this ad. If any one has seen it, please give us more details, so that we can provide […]
Tom started a very interesting debate. Can the stutterers be given an important (verbal kind) job only if they hide, or promise to suppress their stutter? Are they free to stutter in their job? Or do they avoid it, driven by their own sensitivity? This debate started with Jo Biden’s coming out about his stutter. […]
Stammering- a disability? Tough question. Many PWS will strongly deny that. But some would say ‘yes’ to it. But what is the government stand? If government were to accept it, it would have to extend its “reasonable accommodation” further to PWS. So, they side step the issue. Also, stammering does not easily fits into the […]
Here is a ‘media kit’ for anyone to translate or adapt and send it to local newspaper or share with media in other ways. It briefly introduces the problem of stammering and TISA’s role. You can email us your translations, so that we can put it up here, for further distribution. Translation credits will be […]