Ajmer SHG: First SHG Report

Ajmer 1st Shg meeting report:
Members
1:Pawan
2:Murlidhr
3:Gaurav

Meeting started 10:00
Location :  Anasagar lake , Ajmer

Starting with introduction then yoga and meditation.
Speech on general topics like politics by Murlidhr , Ajmer tourism by Pawan and Indian history by me (Gaurav).. then story making by loud speaking in public, this activity was very interesting one because we had choosen a public place so kids and public got gathered and all were listening story with great interest and enjoying with there local food by vender..
Then we had photo session at beautiful location of Anasagar lake.
Finally we dealt with public , telling and asking them about stammering, very interesting it was .. people listened with great interest and replied us. They all took it positively.. we talked with 9-10 peoples there..

For joining SHG meetings in Ajmer, contact:
Gaurav : 09887245139
Pawan : 08104053393
Murlidhar : 09001868105

Stammer Stories: Jaipur Comm WS: Atul Singh Sainger

Hello all! I developed stammer when I was in 3rd or 4th standard. And by 6th I became fulltime stammerer. Bunking schools in oral tests, persuading friends to attend my roll call, Literally avoiding each&every situation where I have to use my speech. Became quite silent person, cause I know if I’ll speak I’ll stammer, and if’ll stammer rest of the world with their arsenal to fire their advices, cures, “Nuskha’s”, and more over their tease. I was just fed up with everyday advices like be confident, don’t get nervous, pull your tongue, stretch it (like it’s a rubber band huhh).
I grew up with advices like”muh me kalimirch rakha karo” & all that crap. By the time i passed +2 I became quite a stubborn. Since I joined TISA in august 2014, and met with Sachin Sir, my perception towards my stammering changed completely. I no longer feel as stammering is a problem for me. Its more like a part of me. I have many awsm frnds like any other random guy, I enjoy life like any other random guy and the best part is people focus on what I say cause of its content & not how I speak. Stammering also helped me improving my writing skills. Yes It may sound funny but due to my stammer only I focused very much on what to say and which word/language to use, so much so that I can now proudly say that I'm an okay okay type poet/shayar or whatever.... The point is I feel that It is because my stammering only that I am the Atul singh which u all know. If I wouldn't stammer I might have been a completely different person and might be not better than I am today. Stammering not only effects your speech, It effects your thoughts, your body language, your nature and in my case your soul too. I feel like me and my stammering are kind of made for each other. We often compete with each other , every time I have to give any presentation in my Institute.  And I quite enjoy that.
Here is the Youtube  link for my Video bio:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXDgkINzWCo

How to interact with people with stammering

There is a scene in Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam where the protagonist is trying to buy egg (Kozhimutta in Malayalam), but ends up in buying cauliflower. This scene is a very good representation of the problems faced by stammerers. The shopkeeper is in a hurry and asks him what he wants. He struggles and a lady standing near him laughs. He struggles again and the shopkeeper shows his impatience. This compounds his problems and it becomes almost impossible for him to say Kozhimutta. In the end the shopkeeper decides to help him by completing his word and asks him whether he is asking for cauliflower. He thinks enough is enough and decides to buy cauliflower!

If you are thinking what all need to be taken care of while interacting with a stammerer, this scene gives details of what all should not be done! Recently I read somewhere that a person, who is dumb, is usually treated with much dignity, but a less severe problem of stammering, in comparison with dumbness, is usually ridiculed. Most of the time the people who laugh at stammerers do not understand how much it affects the self esteem of the person. He is struggling to convey his thoughts and when he faces these situations he goes into a shell and dreads facing the world. Please give them the same respect that you give others.
 

Please be patient while interacting with a stammerer. Please listen to him and maintain normal eye contact. Do not allow your expressions, words or acts convey the message that you are becoming impatient. Let him take his own time, but never advise him to slow down or take a deep breath. All these will only aggravate the situation. If the situation becomes friendly, he also will become relaxed and speak better.
 

In some cases you might get a feeling that you should help the stammerer by completing his words or sentences. Please don’t do that. It will give him a feeling that he failed in conveying his ideas and will affect his confidence. Let him finish the sentence and if you couldn’t understand what he told, please ask him to repeat. It is much better than supplying words. In some cases, in order to escape from the situation, he might accept the word supplied by you, even if it was not what he meant! That is exactly what happened in this scene. The shopkeeper was impatient and he decidied to buy whatever he suggested.

 

Please treat stammering just like any other disability. Please give them some space. They will also become comfortable with the situations and lead a normal and dignified life

(Originally posted at http://sudheendranavittathur.blogspot.in/2016/03/how-to-interact-with-people-with.html)

Invitation for Delhi SHG meeting

Delhi SHG is inviting you all for tomorrow's SHG meeting at Central park from 2 to 5 PM.
Agenda is given below:
# Intro
# Meditation
# Experience sharing
# Make someone feel special
# Stranger talk

For enquiry, please contact Vikas @ 9527119003.

33 percent of people are PWS :) at my work place

Dear All,

I am happy to tell you that 33 % of my colleagues are PWS.
My Boss name is Milind Chitgupkar.

5th TISA National Conference Expesnses and Fund Detail

Final Account
Funds Received
Registration Amount			149900
TISA Fund from NC 2014 by Virendra Shirse			26554
Donation			12670
Accommodation			23728
Others			8960
Total fund received			221812
Expenses Heads
Conference Hall			52839
Lunch & Snacks			63077
For AHJ translation & editing to Amit K			10000
Accommodation			27411
Stationary			30550
Refund			18878
Others			4130
Total Expenses			206885
Balance
Jitender			9500
Vishal			2427
Amit Dixit			3000
Total Balance			14927
Balance + Expenses			221812

Transferred the left fund 14927 INR to Jai Prakash Sunda's Account

Finance planning and responsibility credit goes to Jitender & Shailendra Ji

Update :CommWS 17-19 July (Fri-Sun) at Herbertpur, Dehradun

List of participants, who Joined Herberpur workshop, During 2012 to July 2015 (click)

The Venom-less Snake!!

From past 10 days, its been raining cats and dogs every evening in Bangalore and when it did not rain yesterday, I was bit concerned. Is the rain due for Sunday Morning instead?

Communication Workshop 06-08 April 2014(Sun-tues) at Herbertpur POSTPONED

Sorry for inconviniency. As April workshop has been postponed due to announcement of Assembly election in uttarakhand on 7th April. Due to election , there may be problem for participants for boarding loading or transport. Next date will be announced soon. 

TISA  Postponed  next 3 day Free Communication  WorkShop, tentatively planned for 06-08 April 2014 at Herbertpur, Dehradun. 

06th April – Sunday (national Holiday)

08 th April – Ram-Navami (National Holiday)

Bangalore SHG Feb 23, 2014 meeting report

Hi All,

Here is report of 8th meeting of this year. Many of the things happen for first time and in this meeting we celebrated birthday of SHG member for first time. We celebrated Aruna's birthday last year at her home. But this time it was official birthday celebration in SHG meeting

हकलाहट को स्वीकार कर खुलकर हकलाना सीख लिया!

हकलाहट को लेकर हमेशा शर्म, संकोच और अपराधबोध की भावना से घिरा रहने के बाद टीसा ने मुझे हकलाहट को खुलकर स्वीकार करने की हिम्मत दी। इसके साथ ही यह ज्ञान भी मिला कि हकलाना क्या है, हम क्यों हकलाते हैं और सबसे बड़ी बात हकलाहट का सही समाधान क्या है?

Bangalore SHG Jan 12, 2014 meeting report

This week's session was very energizing. It was an event packed with good learning and good fun. Myself laughed to the core with people sharing recollecting their childhood events.

Communication Workshop in Pune

TISA Communication Workshop

Pune - December 6 - 8, 2013
Friends, here are the videos:

How to manage Stammering ?..?

My observations and conclusion on stammering after meeting many fluent and trans-fluent PWS during participation in TISA activities since 1.5 Yrs:

Where is Problem ??

Our Stammering is also like our computer - Having 2 part - software and hardware .

HARDWARE part include neck, tongue, vocal organs, jaw, facial muscles, breathing apparatus, neurological blockage

and
SOFTWARE part include breathing pattern, speaking pattern &  wrong emotional reaction pattern.

HARDWARE part : during speaking , PWS impose a great tense or “tightness” on neck, tongue , vocal organs, jaw, facial muscles or on  mind(mainly neurons). Breathing pattern also gets disturb.

In SOFTWARE part, Stammering originate and/or increase due to our wrong pattern of speaking, breathing & thinking since childhood , which is “programmed” in our sub-conscious and un-conscious mind. Now became a habit.

            

What should PWS do?

Bangalore SHG Nov 17, 2013 meetup report

A little more persistence, a littlse more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

 This week the meeting was conducted in sight of lush green surroundings in cubbon park, situated in the heart of Bangalore this place attracts all kinds of people holding gatherings, walking, relaxing and some jogging. Among these we were lucky to occupy the sole porch with shelter on top. 

Delhi SHG Meeting on 17th Nov.

"You are never be above of who you think you are"

Love you voice, Love is your cup of tea :) 

Venue :: Central Park, Rajiv Chowk (in-front of Rajiv Chowk metro station gate no 6)

Timing :: 11:00 am(Sharp)

Agenda :: Work on Articulation, Speaking in situation and presentation skills, work on attitude towards stuttering.

Bangalore SHG Oct 5, 2013 meeting report

Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying

Hello All, This week we had maximum no of PWS in last couple of weeks. Thanks to Akash for calling every one. This week meeting was coordinated by Akash.

Attendees - Prashant, Sharath, Pramod, Animesh, Akash, Dinesh, Sairam, Navdeep, Thenna, Sri, Anbu and myself Abhinav 

Bangalore SHG Sep 21, 2013 meeting report

Saturday is not weekend anymore it is just the beginning for a exciting week ahead

The attendees were Akash, Sairam, Navdeep, Dinesh, Anbu, Pramod, Abhinav, Naneshwer and myself Nishil.This week’s coordinator: Akash

The meeting started with reading , the topic was about fear.

Speech Therapy By Hritik Roshan

Many Indian PWS are eager to know- what hritik roshan is doing or have done for speech.

I tried to add so many video clips of Hritik’s Interviews , in which he told what he have done or doing till now for speech.

SPEECH THERAPY BY HRITIK

Hritik used to read newspaper  loudly, he used to repeat long Bollywood movie  dialogues.

He took each and every alphabets and practiced it with varying volume and pitch.

On whatever word, he got block, he repeats it 10,000 (ten thousand) times with different volume and pitch.

Bangalore SHG Aug 31, 2013 meeting report

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Greetings all,

Hope this finds each one of you healthy, wise and joyous. The weekend at the SHG was in good spirits with Piyush taking the baton of organizing the session. The session took off at 1430 hrs with the crowd set in and moods aligned. The first in the agenda was introduction which went on for a little above an hour with the members sharing something interesting in addition to the primary intro. At 1545 hrs started the Fun Game that Piyush had thought about for the session. The game was about passing on the smiles which involved the members to go about with telling out aloud the numbers but shouting out a smile at the repeated number 7.