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The novel, Med Head, by James Patterson and Hal Friedman, is a tale about Cory Friedman and his struggles growing up with Torretes. This amazing book also details Cory's alcohal abuse problem and it helps people understand that a positive attitude towards life makes living that much better.

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This is a vocaroo which depicts what it feels like to tic, although I have never experienced anything like it, the book was full of intense detail which I adapted and morfed into my own words, writing from the perspective of Cory himself.

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When Cory woke up with his couch on fire because he fell asleep drunk, while smoking, he realised that he had to get his life back together and beat Tourettes. Cory Decided to go the the Roundtop Wilderness Camp for troubled teens.

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A Med Head is a drug user, it could be legal drug or it could be illegal. When I first read this book I didn't know what Med Head ment because I was't really thinking about it, and people kept thinking that the main character had a drug problem, I could never understand why though. Cory doesn't have a drug problem, he is just shoveled with drugs to try and decrease his ticing and OCD problems so that he can live a "normal" life. What he did have was a alcohal problem because it was the only way to drown out his life and forget about his problems, which isn't a very good method of dealing with things.

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Cory and his dad have a close relationship, and I wanted to show that through pictures of them together when he was a kid. I also wanted to commorate Mr. Friedman for taking the initiative to write this book, along with James Patterson, to share his Cory's story so that others won't feel so alone.

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I chose this background because it is composed of tiny dots repeatig over and over in patterns and that reminded me of Tourettes because Cory typicaly does things in patterns, like his jumping while he walks. Another reason that I chose this background it because to me it kinds of looks like a computer's motherboard and Cory loves computers and is very talented at using them.

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Cory Friedman is by no means famous, he is just a normal person with a not so normal Syndrome. He is best know through these books which were made so that other people who have 'disabilities'(sometimes they aren't disabilities to the person who has them but are dissabilities in the way that others portray them) will realise that they are not alone an that things will get better if you work for them.

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Cory was Diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome when he was five years old, and from then on he was shoveled with drugs, to cope with his weird motor and vocal tics. Many people don't understand or don't know what Tourettes Syndrome is so it was a challenge growing up and being picked on for things he had not control over.

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Motor Tics

Motor tics are movements. Simple motor tics include but are not limited to: eye blinking, facial grimacing, jaw movements, head bobbing/jerking, shoulder shrugging, neck stretching, and arm jerking. Complex motor tics involve multiple muscle groups or combinations of movements and tend to be slower and more purposeful in appearance,(e.g., hopping, twirling, jumping).

Vocal/Phonic Tics

Vocal (phonic) tics produce a sound. Simple vocal tics include but are not limited to sniffing, throat clearing, grunting, hooting, and shouting. Complex vocal tics are words or phrases that may or may not be recognizable but that consistently occur out of context. In 10-15% of cases, the words may be inappropriate (i.e., swear words, ethnic slurs, or other socially unacceptable words or phrases). This type of vocal tic, called coprolalia, is often portrayed or mocked in the media as a common symptom of TS.

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What is Tourette - Tourette Association of America

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Motor Tics Motor tics are movements. Simple motor tics include but are not limited to: eye blinking, facial grimacing, jaw movements, head bobbing/jerking, shoulder shrugging, neck stretching, and arm jerking. Complex motor tics involve multiple muscle groups or combinations of movements and tend to be slower and more purposeful in appearance,(e.g., hopping, twirling, jumping).