Description
When the author's 11-year-old son Michael was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, she began a quest to make sure he didn't remain, in his words, a freak who shouted obscenities hundreds of times a day. In What Makes Him Tic?: Parenting a Child with Tourette Syndrome, Michele Turk blends firsthand experience raising a child with Tourette with useful information on how her son was able to control his symptoms, accept his condition, and lead a normal life. The book also provides ample research and reporting on Tourette to educate readers about what's been referred to as the most misunderstood well-known condition. What Makes Him Tic? is written for any parent of a neurodivergent child who refuses to accept the conventional wisdom that these kids will never succeed and that kids with conditions like Tourette are destined to become carnival sideshows.What Makes Him Tic? is a bare-all account of the six years Turk spent battling a medical problem that was, by all accounts, incurable, and makin
