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- Jonathan Groubert
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- "Josh's Diary, Part 1: Growing Up with Tourette's"
- Summary: Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. "It feels like there's a big balloon inside my stomach. And the balloon keeps growing bigger and bigger, like every second extra the tic stays inside it feels like somebody blows up the balloon another notch, until I let it out." This story is part of the Teenage Diaries series produced by Radio Diaries for NPR
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Review of Josh in New York City: Growing Up with Tourette's
Jonathan Groubert
Posted on May 07, 2004 at 06:39 AM
Painfully honest poke inside the head of a kid, clearly soon to be an adult, with Tourettes. All the typical teenage stuff is there: angst, depression, insecurity masked with anger. But the noises and expletives make the difficulties somewhat harder to shrug off as merely "awkward years".
Awkward is what it must be for all involved in the production of this item, as Tourettes provokes particularly difficult situations in our society.
It's no different here except that, instead of tuning Josh out like you would on the street, you'll want to listen more to his vulnerability through the safe filter of your radio.