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Plague Of Tics Stories A Plague Sedaris
1,177 wordsOne may view David Sedaris, without the knowledge of his background, as abnormal or even weird. However, throughout the two stories, A Plague of Tics, and Ashes, he breaks down the wall of otherness and allows an audience to take a look at his own personal life. Sedaris incorporates all sorts of humor to somewhat ease the tension of revealing his life and the awkwardness the audience may feel while reading his stories. The autobiographical point of view allows the audience to get a real sense of...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,524 wordsLiving with Tourette syndrome gives a deeper insight to the highly misunderstood and understated disease, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. The book delves into the origin of the disease, the symptoms, the medications, and the treatments. Then the author gives thoughtful advice, a guide, so to speak, for parents, relatives, loved ones, and sufferers of Tourette. The author Elaine Fate Shimberg, is the mother of three children with Tourette Syndrome and a board member of the Tourette Association. S...
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American Psychiatric Association Tourette Syndrome
1,599 words... disorder. 40 to 60 % of children with ADHD grow up to have symptoms as adults. (Shimberg, 1995, p. 62) More than 10 million Americans are thought to have ADHD. 2 out of every 3 children with Tourette syndrome also complain of tactile sensitivity. This is called sensory integrative disorder, and is not uncommon in TS, although tactile sensitivity is found in those who do not duffer from TS. Sensory integration disorder is characterized by hypersensitivity of the senses. It can be misinterpret...
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Tourette Syndrome Blood Pressure
351 wordsTourette's Syndrome was discovered in 1885 by Georges Gilles de la Tourette, a neuropsychiatries. Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by tics which are involuntary, rapid, sudden movements, or vocalizations that occur repeatedly. Nearly one in two hundred people in the United States have some form of T. S. The disease becomes evident in early childhood or adolescence between the ages of two and fifteen. There are many symptoms of Tourette's like: rapid blinking of the eyes...
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Year Old Boy Disorder Adhd
1,605 wordsAlthough American culture has changed over the years, parents today still want what is best for their children. Why then, are parents allowing their children to be put on medications that may have an adverse effect on their children? Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) have increasingly been diagnosed among young children today. Parents should become more informed about the over diagnosing, side effects, results of the medication and all other perti...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adhd Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
1,714 wordsTourette Syndrome (TS) is an inherited, neurological disorder characterized by repeated and involuntary body movements and uncontrollable vocal sounds. In a minority of cases, the vocalizations can include socially inappropriate words and phrases. These outbursts are neither intentional nor purposeful. Involuntary symptoms can include eye blinking, repeated throat clearing or sniffing, arm thrusting, kicking, shoulder shrugging or jumping. These, and other symptoms, typically appear before the a...
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Tourette Syndrome Obsessive Compulsive
1,795 words... y, these rages occur in TS children who appear well-adjusted individuals. The etiology of the apparently high rates of anxiety, depression, and other emotional difficulties found in individuals with TS remains unexplained. These are likely the products of the interplay between biological vulnerabilities and experiential factors. Frequently, children and adolescents with TS are teased by their peers. They are often regarded as less likeable and more withdrawn than are their classmates. If a c...
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Understanding People With Tourettes Syndrome
615 wordsCan you imagine sitting in class everyday of your life worrying about whether or not you were going to explode with noises and movements that you cannot control. A person with Tourettes Syndrome (TS) experiences this everyday of their life. Trying to control yourself from constant twitching of your mouth, jerking your head or breaking out yelling seems so easy to a person without TS. Its just common self-control, but to a person with TS it can be the most difficult thing to do in a day. Tourette...
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Tourette Syndrome Obsessive Compulsive
692 wordsTourette's Syndrome is a disorder in motor skills, movements, and behavior. It is caused by a genetic disturbance that affects the central nervous system. There is a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is just one of many movement or tic disorders. It was discovered by Gilles de la Tourette's, which is where the name comes from. When a person has tourette's syndrome, their muscles twitch and they uncontrollably shout out noises or in some cases, obscene words. They just come out. It is found mor...
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Familiar With Tourette Syndrome Children With Ts Child
501 wordsAccording to the Tourette syndrome Association there are not many schools in the nation that are familiar with Tourette syndrome. However, even though they remain few in number, more schools and educators are becoming familiar with Tourette Syndrome and are willing to provide the special care and attention that TS children need to enhance their learning ability and ease the emotional stress they often experience during school. Tourette Syndrome is something that should be researched and discusse...
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Mother Audience
1,237 wordsOne David Sedaris, otherness Otherness One may view David Sedaris, without the knowledge of his background, as abnormal or even weird. However, throughout the two stories, ? A Plague of Tics, ? and? Ashes, ? he breaks down the wall of? otherness? and allows an audience to take a look at his own personal life. Sedaris incorporates all sorts of humor to somewhat ease the tension of revealing his life and the awkwardness the audience may feel while reading his stories. The autobiographical point of...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adhd
4,751 wordsDifferential Diagnosis Today the full-blown case of TS is unlikely to be confused with any other disorder. However, only a decade ago TS was frequently misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Sydenhams chorea, epilepsy, or nervous habits. The differentiation of TS from other tic syndromes may be no more than semantic, especially since recent genetic evidence links TS with multiple tics. Transient tics of childhood are best defined in retrospect. At times it may be difficult...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Tourette Syndrome
772 wordsTourette Syndrome, commonly called TS, is an interested brain disorder. Some characteristics of TS are uncontrollable body movements known as tics and uncontrollable vocal noises. All ethnic groups are affected and men are three to four times more likely to have it than women. Symptoms vary from press to person and also vary in how severe they are. Research into causes is ongoing and there is no known cure. Conditions associated with Tourette's include obsessive compulsive disorder, learning dis...
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