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Welcome to Biscuit Land: A Year in the Life of Touretteshero

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Meet Jess, aka Touretteshero. Jess has Tourettes Syndrome, which means that she makes sounds and movements over which she has no control. Jess swears, she's one of about 10% of people with Tourettes who do. She says biscuit a lot, about 16 times per minute (that's 6 million a year!), and then there are the sometimes life-threatening arm and leg tics…

Artist / Author Jessica Thom
Publisher Souvenir Press Ltd
ISBN 978-0285641273
Reference P3441
Date 2012
Type Publication

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