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" Twitch and shout : "
Lowell Handler.
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BL
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846731
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Handler, Lowell.
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Twitch and shout : : a touretter's tale /\ Lowell Handler.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xxvii, 226 pages) :: illustrations, portraits
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0816696586
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: 9780816696581
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0816644519
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9780816644513
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| Contents
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Hitting the road -- Talk isn't cheap -- Diagnosis -- Drugs and orphan drugs -- Life and leukemia -- Jet set Tourette -- Pot and Prozac love -- Susanna and marriage -- Twitch and shout -- A second chance at life -- Tourette culture -- Crazy and proud.
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With a new afterword by Dr. Neal R. Swerdlow of the Tourette Syndrome AssociationLowell Handler, who has Tourettes syndrome, sets out on a journey through less than savory parts of America. From a transvestite bar in Tampa to a flophouse in New Orleans, he meets people who, like himself, dont conform to the standards of conventional society. With a keen eye for detail and an acute sense of humor, this memoir captures the unforgettable life of a Touretter.
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Handler, Lowell.
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Handler, Lowell.
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Tourette syndrome, Popular works.
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Tourette syndrome.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Personal Memoirs.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Social Scientists Psychologists.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- Alzheimer's Dementia.
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Tourette syndrome.
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616.83
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RC375.H37 2004eb
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