Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jerk, California Jerk, California Jonathan Friesen Twitch, Jerk, Freak—Sam Carrier has been called them all. Because of his Tourette's syndrome, Sam is in near constant motion with tics and twitches and verbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is… OL11928993W
Torn Apart Torn Apart James Patterson,Andrew Lang The Heartbreaking True Story of a Childhood LostCory Friedman was an ordinary fun-loving little boy. That fateful March morning in 1989 started just like any other but later that day, he started to f… OL15176291W
Coping with Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders Coping with Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders Barbara A. Moe Discusses the causes, manifestations, and ways to cope with Tourette Syndrome and other related tic disorders. OL1858508W
Podarunek Podarunek Richard Paul Evans Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For the rest of the world it was a day of joy and celebration; for Nathan, it was simply a reminder of an event that destroyed his childhood. But then a snowstorm, a can… OL28174681W
Palilalia Palilalia Jeffery Donaldson Palilalia is disordered speech. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this lesser known vocal tic is “an involuntary repetition of words, phrases or sentences.” Sister to echolalia (repeating w… OL3844903W
Jim Eisenreich Jim Eisenreich Bill Gutman Relates the life story of Jim Eisenreich, a baseball player now with the Philadelphia Phillies, who has had to contend with Tourette's syndrome but has continued to play the game he loves. OL660862W