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Get vocal about stammering

In India, stammering has always been the elephant in the room. Actor Hrithik Roshan has been vocal about his battle, and cinema might have made references (Shah Rukh Khan’s dialogue in Darr to Colin Firth’s memorable act in The King’s Speech). Yet, the road is long. 

 It was the desire to offer support to people who stammer that led Dr Satyendra Srivastava (aka Dr Sachin) to start The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) in 2008. The self-help association for People Who Stammer (PWS) aimed to assist them in accepting their stammering and overcoming the associated behaviour. Dr Srivastava was a “covert stammerer” — he hid his stammering through word swap or avoided speaking altogether. He believed that stammering was not a disease to be cured and called for developing communication skills and a certain attitude towards it. 

 Read the full article at Mid Day 

 (http://www.mid-day.com/articles/get-vocal-about-stammering/15102075)

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That's because for Musharaf Asghar, public speaking is no easy task. The 16-year-old British student has struggled with an acute stammer for much of his life.
Asghar appears in a documentary series called 'Educating Yorkshire,' which captures the educational and social challenges he faces as a result of his speech issues.
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