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- Mary McGrath
- Username: maryprx
- Location: Milton, MA, Massachusetts
- Joined PRX: Sep 07, 2003
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- "Josh's Diary, Part 1: Growing Up with Tourette's"
- Summary: Josh has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts. "It feels like there's a big balloon inside my stomach. And the balloon keeps growing bigger and bigger, like every second extra the tic stays inside it feels like somebody blows up the balloon another notch, until I let it out." This story is part of the Teenage Diaries series produced by Radio Diaries for NPR
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Review of Josh in New York City: Growing Up with Tourette's
Mary McGrath
Posted on May 04, 2004 at 08:08 AM
First rate piece by the maestro of the audio diary form. It contains many memorable moments including what has to be a first for radio: the sound of a Tourette tic unleashed after being stifled all day at school. This piece achieves what Joe Richman's other diary pieces do -- documenting the life of a teenager, in this case, one who lives with a neurological distoder, in his own words, surrounded by the sounds of his life. It's a moving, funny and arresting portrait of a wonderful kid. Run as a series, the Teenage Diaries would be a very special treat for listeners this summer or perhaps for back to school.