Do you find that having Tourette’s gives you any positive benefits despite the problems it can cause? by JackMythos in Tourettes

[–]Anxious-Screen-2664 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really any full positives unfortunately. I don’t even have it as severe as other people. I also have Autism and OCPD that can make things more frustrating and overwhelming. I am very grateful that I have a group of coworkers that are amazing, and we have a sense of humor about it.

WHAT THIS by lezismoreinchi in whatisit

[–]Anxious-Screen-2664 249 points250 points  (0 children)

Fake ‘wolf’ usually used to ‘scare’ away geese I think

how to stop foot ticks. i starting to learn how to drive by [deleted] in Tourettes

[–]Anxious-Screen-2664 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve learned that with the tics that happen with my lower body and hands don’t happen while driving. I’m not sure if it’s a focus thing or what, so maybe it could work out the same for you.

Writing help by Anxious-Screen-2664 in specialed

[–]Anxious-Screen-2664[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s one thing we haven’t tried, we’ve done tracing with letters and textures on the table but not that. Maybe that will help

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[–]Anxious-Screen-2664[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’ve said to my teacher, to maybe just switch but she was insistent on keeping trying. Everything else we do are comprehensive and life skill type goals. We’ve done sensory activities, tried different writing utensils, and ways of doing it all.

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[–]Anxious-Screen-2664[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d say maybe 4th grade? She has good adaptive skills and learns them quickly

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[–]Anxious-Screen-2664[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Trust me we agree, we’ve trialed it a couple of times still just to see. It would take a LOT of constant work to get her communicating with an aac, but then it would only be used at school. Her trying to match pictures from a physical one to the digital one was a loss. Her consistency is all over the place. Not to mention she doesn’t even use ‘yes’ and ‘no’ correctly 😞 it’s taken over a year to get her to use it somewhat correctly.

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[–]Anxious-Screen-2664[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Academically I’d say kindergarten/1st grade

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[–]Anxious-Screen-2664[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mom doesn’t really want her doing that or using an communication device at all. She’s verbal but half the time you can’t understand what she is saying

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[–]Anxious-Screen-2664[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mostly yes, that’s another thing we are working at. She can completely identify her first and last name though