Tic Talk - From a 10 Year-old
This is a great story and a great book. It comes out of the Kansas City area and profiles a great kid by the name of Dylan Peters. His attitude toward Tourette Syndrome is so incredibly mature it’s downright inspiring to all ages. He sat down and wrote his book, Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome: A 9-Year-Old Boy’s Story in His Own Words, at the age of, well, nine, and now is on the speaking circuit. For a 10 year-old, you’ve got to admire this kind of moxie:
Before he speaks to large crowds, Dylan says he gets a little nervous. That inspires his tics to act up.
But that’s not such a bad thing, Dylan says.
It helps them notice the tics, he explains. Besides, if he didn’t double-blink his eyes or clear his throat repetitively they would wonder if I really had Tourette’s.
Spot on.
For any speaker who has to establish his/her street cred - even something as potentially embarrassing or humiliating as TS - this isn’t just a way to go about it, it’s the way to go about it.
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