Dear Friends,The Chennai chapter meeting on 8th March were attended by 15 pws.As usual, everyone sang a song at the beginning. Then, every one asked to speak first slowly with pausing of 3 secs between sentences. Then, voluntary stuttering.Though some pws finding it difficult at the beginning, but after some time they started enjoying it […]
Dear friends, The next Chennai chapter meet will be held on 8.3.09 (Sunday) at YWCA conference hall from 4 PM to 7 PM. Regards V. Manimaran Mobile: 098842 89989
Dear friends,The Chennai chapter meeting held on 1st March was attended by 10 pws. As decided in the last meeting, we begun with each one singing a song to make the environment stress free. Everybody sang very well. As decided in the last meeting, every one was asked to speak either normally or slowly but […]
Dear Friends,The Chennai chapter meeting on 22.2.09 were attended by 15 PWS. This time every one was asked to sing a song. All the PWS sang a song and to the surprise of every one, no one stammered. This was to create a good atmosphere in the beginning of the meeting and everybody liked it. […]
Chennai chapter has been organising regular meetings every Sunday at YWCA. Here is a brief report for the last meeting from Mr Manimaran:The Chennai meeting on 15.2.2009 went on well. 15 pws attended. We focusedmore on attitude and feelings towards stammering. Mr. Sivasubramanian has given agood input on positive thinking and motivated the pws. Some […]
Here is one more small video from Chennai meet on 24th Jan.
TISA meetings in Chennai will be held on Sunday afternoons. But this week it will be held on Saturday (31st Jan) from 6-9 pm. Please come with a notebook and pen.Manimaran, 09884289989
Just now we have finished a two hour brain storming session about future course of action and division of work among the core team members. Hassanand, Shivasubramanian, Mani and Vishal represent the core team. They bring various skills, experience and resources to the group. Most social movements start in an spontaneous and ‘informal’ way but […]
In many ways, 25th Jan was “the day after” for me! I remember having said to Mani at one point- Dont worry, if no one comes, I will still come and two of us will practice speaking to the waves on Marina beach! But I was worried. And, then everything went off so well and […]
Dear friends, The TISA-Chennai chapter was formally inaugurated on 24th Jan 2009. 50 pws attended and the total strength of the hall is more than 60. A very good response and no one had expected this much. I take this opportunity to thank all the members of this group who have supported us constantly, I […]
Here are some video clips from Chennai.. Not great quality but you can get a glimpse of concerns, issues and emotions..
Here are some more pictures.. during and after the meeting. YWCA is very close to Egmore – in the heart of Chennai but quiet, as it stands on its own sprawling green grounds. A perfect place to hold a meet. It will be difficult to share the upshot of the public meeting in a few […]
We had a very nice meeting at YWCA, International Guest house; It extended beyond lunch, till five pm. In the morning session, Mr Balakrishnan, Mr Manimaran, Mr Vishal Dadha, Mr Shivasubramanian, Mr Hassanand, Dr B K Singh and Sachin and others shared their thoughts. A 10 minute video (Sssstutter) was screened. Total attendance exceeded organisers’ […]
The local papers of Chennai have finally given stutterers their due: they have run stories and ads; as a result many people have contacted the local chapter and we are expecting a big turn out and useful discussion tomorrow (24th Jan 2009) in Chennai at YWCA, International Guest house. Sachin has safely arrived. Mr Manimaran […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 (maran_450@yahoo.com) Mr Sivasubramanian (0) 9940280073 Mr Vishal Dadha (0) 9791157911 (vishaldadha@yahoo.com)
The Chennai meet on 14.12.2008 was attended by Sivasubramaniam, Kanniappan, Ganapathy (a SLP) and myself. Mr.Ganapathy, a speech therapist by profession was kind enough to come to the meeting and has given some important inputs. He has assured us to continuously support TISA. His association and participation is going to be a great strength for […]
Dear friends, The next Chennai meet is schedule to be held on 14th Dec at Nehru park,Ponnamalli high road opp to Sangam theatre complex from 8 AM to 9 AM. Pl attend. Manimaran