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by Dylan Peters, 50 pages, ISBN 978-1-58985-051-4, Chandler, Arizona, Five Star Publications, 2007.

Sean J. Johnston, aged 11 years
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(11):1109.

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One of the best things you can do if you're a kid with Tourette syndrome (TS) is to talk to your friends, classmates, and teachers about it. That's not an easy thing to do.

I was diagnosed with TS when I was 6 years old. For a while, I wanted to pretend I didn't really have it. I didn't want to be teased. I thought that if I didn't tell anybody about it, they wouldn't notice. But my tics are hard to ignore and kids kept asking what I was doing. I never knew what to say or how to say it.

When I was in fourth grade, my parents and I asked my doctor if we should talk to other kids about my TS. He thought it would be a good idea. I asked my teacher if I could make a presentation . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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