How Tourette Syndrome Reflection

Reeflection Front Of the class: How Tourette Syndrome made me the teacher I never had, allowed me to know about an actual child’s life growing up with Tourette’s. While reading the book I actually felt the emotions he was feeling all his life growing up. It is incredible to know all that a child can do regardless of what is happening with them. Brad the main character of the book proves that rather you have a disability or not, what matters is how you set your mind to want to do things and complete it. In the book one of Brad’s friends from B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) said in a letter “I always refer to Brad as “me hero”, now I too can say that. Brad is an inspiration, all he has done and completed his life, all the people he influence and shared his knowledge about his disability. The courage he
Brad was able to make speeches in the school and his class rooms; he educated people, was part of a fraternity, was secretary and president of clubs as well as traveled the world and started a Tourette Syndrome support group in Peoria.
Perception
When I hear about students with disabilities, my first thought is usually they have a harder time learning some material than others or they cannot do what most individuals do. However, after reading Front of the class: How Tourette syndrome made me the Teacher I Never Had I learned that my idea of students with disabilities is not what I had thought. One thing I learned is that students with disabilities can do much more and conquer anything they want if they put their mind to it with a positive attitude. At the beginning of the book Brad is very self-conscious, nothing but negative thoughts and fears come to mind about himself, constantly asking himself what is wrong with him, why is he so different, is his parents’ split and moms stress his fault? By the middle of the book he knows what is Tourette’s he is not ashamed to have it, he finally has answers as to why he