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I Can't Stop!: A Story about Tourette's Syndrome
By Holly L. Niner and Meryl Treatner
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2006 Best Book of the Year, Bank Street College
2006 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Special Needs Adaptable Product Award
One day Nathan starts blinking—a lot. It bothers his parents and his sister. After a while the blinking stops, but then Nathan starts sniffing. A doctor explains that Nathan's movements are called tics.
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Holly L. Niner
Holly L. Niner is a speech therapist and a writer. She has two grown children and lives with her husband and one crazy cat in Indiana.
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