Mumbai questions

Ashish and I were planning to do a video interview based on following questions but due to unseen interruptions, we could not do so. So, here we are offering our quick answers to the questions raised during Mumbai Workshop. Answers are brief because depth and details are already covered in Apna Hath Jagannath, this blog and elsewhere. Keep talking and smiling!

1.  Why do we stammer and what is the cause for the same?
Discussed in detail in Apna Hath Jagannath and elsewhere.
2.       Why do we have blocks?
Current understanding: The nerve impulse from the brain fails to come and therefore our speech organs are “stuck” or they repeat the last syllable TILL the impuse arrives: Ra – Ra -Ra – Ram.

Comm WS Pune: Q & A part 4 and last

Friends, here are the last set of questions from Pune Comm WS.

Children

After what age, can we guarantee that the child will not stammer?

If a child is going to recover (with or without therapy), he would do so by 10-14 years of age. Sometime, though rare, a child who stammers from childhood may become alright between 14-20 years. If stammering has persisted till 20, in my opinion, chances of recovery on their own is very rare. Sometime, later on in life, due to stroke, a non-stammering adult may develop stammering suddenly. So, giving guarantees is difficult.

Comm WS Pune: Q & A part 3

Part 3 of interesting questions asked during Pune Comm WS; click read more..

Management

How to manage stammering?

Easy. Be courageous. Confront your fears and other negative emotions. Confront, document and catalogue your current speech and related behaviours (with a video camera). Modify them a little – one by one, in a supportive environment (your SHG, physical or online). Continue learning about stammering (not about mysterious “cure” in 7 minutes or 7 days) and continue meeting other PWS. Focus on Communication- rather than dazzling others with your fluency. In 6-9 months, you will be a good communicator and a changed person. THEN, forget about stammering, if you want to.

Comm WS Pune: Q & A part 1

Dear Friends, following questions were asked by participants in Pune Comm WS. We were so busy (and happy!) with so many activities that I never had the chance of answering them. As I promised then, I am offering my thoughts on these questions. I have lumped them together based on underlying themes. This is part one (of five, I guess). Keep on reading and discussing. Science behind stammering is evolving. Let us keep on learning (sachin).

Emotions and recovery

How to counter Fear, like Interview fear? How to deal with anxiety & guilt during stammering? How to overcome the deep seated shame and guilt related to stammering?

The King' Speech effect on "Aam Admi"

Aa..hh..Another topic about the "The Kings Speech".
Well.. read on...
As many knows.. infact all of us knows;  The Kings Speech has notched the top awards in this year acedamy awards. It has been praised by Critics all over the world in showing the King Georage VI stuttering, his friendship with speech therapist, the problems & also the solution (curable using good therapist).
But, how does it brought a change in the "Aam Admi" mindset ?? I see hardly any change...This is the review quote by one of the Critic "Watching a full-length feature film about King George VI’s speech impediment may not seem like the most exciting thing to do on a Friday evening." However, he later summed up as "Dramatically filmed and proudly wearing a badge of self-importance, The King’s Speech is one of the most sumptuous films you’ll see".

But my question (?) is how many have seen it apart for stammers or their relative or may be their friends. In my case apart of me, none of the my friends (Non - Stammers) have seen the movie. Well, the reason may be "me (A stammerer)" being one of the friend (OR) [Actual Reason] since movies are for entertainment and TKS has no adventure (Like 127 hrs, thts also a True Story) nor Fiction (like Inception, a awesome movie)...

Some people (only a few) are watching/downloading it since it's a Oscar winner. This fact have thought me to believe that hardly anyone caring for the Stammering and its difficulties... (OR) should they ? Still, number of people downloading "G 3" in India is more than TKS....

I would just like to ask how many your friend have watched the movie without your recommendation or how many have them recomended you the movie to watch. In my case the answer is ZERO for all the question. I am also not recommending as many seems to ignore it :(
Please provide your input..