The Indian Stammering Association [SEP] inception
its formative years, by publishing a booklet on stammering among other things.
The Indian Stammering Association launched its official website on 15 August 2009. It was formally registered as Public Charitable Trust Number 6055 on 13 November 2009. The trust's head office is located at Herbertpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Activities.
The trust has conducted self-help workshops, based on acceptance, breathing techniques and CALMS approach in various Indian cities. A model of the workshop is freely available on the internet. TISA promotes
The Indian Stammering Association
The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) is a public charitable trust and self-help movement for people in India who stammer.
Background.
It is estimated that 11 to 12 million people in India stammer. Stammering is a physiological disorder. The World Health Organization classification of stuttering (stammering), in the section "Mental and behavioural disorders", is F98.5, where the definition is given as "Speech that is characterised by frequent repetition or prolongation of sounds or syllables or words, or