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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 by frequent hesitations or pauses that disrupt the rhythmic flow of speech. It should be classified as a disorder only if its severity is such as to markedly disturb the fluency of speech."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ICD Version 2007—Mental and behavioural disorders )〕 However, as there is a shortage of good speech therapists in India, speech therapy is highly expensive, and the government of India does not officially recognise the condition as a handicap. TISA offers free support and services to any person who stammers (PWS). If you stammer and live in India, you are automatically a member of TISA. TISA is a movement of people who stammer, and are all volunteers - there are no paid staff.〔http://www.stammer.in〕 There are chapter leaders and facilitators of self-help groups in various cities. You can view a complete list of all self-help groups around the country here: http://t-tisa.blogspot.in/2014/11/self-help-groups-shgs-by-city.html. If you stammer, join this group: If you stammer, join this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheIndianStammeringAssociation/. If you support this empowered movement of people who stammer in India, like and contribute on this page: https://www.facebook.com/TheIndianStammeringAssociation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Indian Stammering Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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