![]() When you're talking with kids about a new topic, or one that's frequently portrayed incorrectly, you can't throw them into the deep end. You know what doesn't get talked about enough? These issues. The brain surgery they talk about is real, and two of my three brothers have required it in order to be able to live a quasi-normal life after their tics got so bad, they couldn't even eat dinner with us. The kids in the support group, their problems are also real. ![]() Someday people will read books that talk about how hard it is to accept yourself and the pothole-ridden road that can be with something as difficult as Tourette's.īut I don't want this book to be any of those books.Ĭonnor's problems are real. We will have books someday, especially by people WITH Tourette's, that say how often they've thought about suicide and how medications don't always work for them, or how the adjustments on different meds one right after another and how discouraging that can be. There will come books that say in detail how hard it is to adjust to a life where you constantly hurt yourself by ticcing. Let me-a woman with Tourette's, OCD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, and insomnia-tell you why I appreciated that it wasn't "real" enough. ![]() It's too "cute" or "cuddly" or it's not "hard" or "real" enough. ![]() I have seen a few people in these reviews stop and take the time to say how much they disliked this book and the way it deals with disabilities. ![]()
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