more-inMovies and television serials often portray a stammering person as a weak character. Samvaad Institute of Speech and Hearing, has launched a campaign to end this. The institute has started an online petition on change.org to ensure that stammering, stuttering or other speech defects are not portrayed inappropriately in Indian cinema and television. “Stammering has no relation to any environmental factor and is not a sign of poor parenting or lack of self-confidence. It seeks to ensure an accurate portrayal of disabilities in movies and television serials, she said.

Source: The Hindu November 24, 2017 19:41 UTC