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    My Son Has Tourette’s, Now What?

    We got the official diagnosis on Valentine’s Day morning: our 8-year-old little boy has Tourette’s Syndrome, or TS for short. Now that it’s going to be a permanent part of our life, I figure I should embrace the abbreviation. His regular doctor diagnosed him with OCD, ADHD and Tic Disorder last month. She said we’d need to visit the neurologist for the official Tourette’s diagnosis. Our original appointment was all the way in September, but we managed to get in earlier. Click here to read my post about that, which goes more into my son’s history and how we got…

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    When You Suddenly Have a Special Needs Child

    I feel like one minute I had a quirky kid, and then the next I officially had a “Special Needs Child.” Suddenly my life was doctor appointments, scheduling specialists, therapy and learning what the heck a 504 Plan was. If you’d have mentioned a 504 to me last month, I’d have thought it was a retirement plan. Doctor Appointments and Paperwork It’s been a bit of a whirlwind of doctor appointments and paperwork lately. We have a meeting at school next week to create a 504 plan for our son Keelan. It’s pretty amazing how far things have come for…