In Tic-errific Me, we meet a young girl with Tourette syndrome (TS). She loves performing for her goldendoodle, snuggling up with a good book, and playing with her friends—and she never knows which of her tics will join her in her activities. In her own words, she explains what it’s like to live with TS, what helps her manage her tics, and how she accepts them as part of her tic-errific self.

A child with Tourette syndrome shares her joys, struggles, and self-confidence

In Tic-errific Me, a young girl explains what it’s like to live with Tourette’s. Her verbal and motor tics come and go, and she never knows which tics will join her in her activities. Over time, she has learned that playing and relaxing help her tic less, and there are other things that make her tic more. Sometimes she needs the help of her parents, doctors, and therapist to relax her body. And she always remembers that the tics are one part of what makes her a terrific kid.

• Offers an honest portrayal of life with Tourette’s, including motor and verbal tics and their effect on life
• Celebrates disability joy and offers an empowering self-representation for disabled kids
• Helps children develop empathy and understanding with first-person storytelling from a child’s perspective
• Centers disabled voices by drawing on the author’s experience with Tourette syndrome

The Disability Books for Kids series explores visible and invisible disability in the first person, as seen through the eyes of children and written from firsthand experience. The series builds allyship, challenges ableism, and celebrates difference, empowering and educating all readers. Each book includes an author’s note to the reader.