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2009, c2008., Grand Central Pub Call No: HI-INT 616.8 PAT Edition: 1st trade ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows a family's struggle with their son's mysterious medical disorder that induced violent physical tics and prompted traumatic treatments, a situation that also pitted the family against a disheartening medical establishment.
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2010., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: 921 FRIEDMAN Edition: 1st Young Readers e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. This is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment.
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[2013], Chicago Review Press Call No: HI-INT 920 FUS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The author describes his own struggles with Tourette Syndrome while simultaneously illuminating the story of Jeff Matovic, who suffered from such severe Tourette Syndrome that he underwent an experimental treatment known as deep brain stimulation. Examines what this treatment did for Matovic and how he and the author eventually became friends due to their shared disorder.
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-- My journey from Tourette's to toleranceÃ2011., Let Live Pub Call No: 362.196830092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author, an inspirational speaker who voices a message of tolerance, further illustrates his perspective in this autobiography, sharing his experiences growing up with Hirschsprung's disease as well as being diagnosed at age 9 with Tourette syndrome.