[Tektalkdiscussion] Fw: For Tek Talk Committee - Brad Cohen Shares Living With Tourette Syndrome on Books and Beyond Wednesday, January 7, 2009

[Bob Acosta]

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Subject: For Tek Talk Committee - Brad Cohen Shares Living With Tourette 
Syndrome on Books and Beyond Wednesday, January 7, 2009


> The Accessible World News Wire
>
>
> Author and Teacher Brad Cohen Shares Living With Tourette Syndrome On 
> Books
> and Beyond Wednesday, January 7, 2009
>
> Books and Beyond host, Bonnie Blose , this week will interview 
> motivational
> speaker and award-winning teacher and author Brad Cohen who has struggled
> since early childhood with severe Tourette Syndrome (TS), a neurological
> disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements 
> and
> vocalizations called tics that is estimated to affect more than 200,000
> Americans.   They will candidly discuss his experiences growing up being
> misunderstood by his father and accused of being mischievous and a
> troublemaker in school and punished by his teachers for his constant 
> barking
> and twitching.
>
> Cohen's book, "Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the 
> Teacher
> I Never Had" clearly tells the frustration and humiliation he experienced
> but how it was instrumental in his development of a positive attitude and
> led him to become a strong advocate for others with the condition. His 
> story
> has been made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie called "Front of the
> Class".
>
> Don't miss this compelling story of how the human spirit can transcend 
> above
> impossible odds and further your knowledge by asking your personal 
> questions
> following the formal
> Interview.
>
> Date:  Wednesday, January 7, 2009
>
> Time:  5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 8:00 p.m.
> Eastern and
>           elsewhere in the world Thursday 0:00 GMT.
>
> Where:  Books and Beyond Conference Room at:
> http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsf44894b5dc56
>
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> Media Contacts:
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> Bonnie Blose, Hostess Books and Beyond
> Phone:  740-945-6740
> Email:  bonnie at accessibleworld.org
>
> Robert Acosta, Chair - Planning Committee
> Phone:  818-998-0044
> Email: boacosta at pacbell.net
> http://www.helpinghands4theblind.com
>
> Pat (Patricia) Price, Founder and Events Coordinator
> The Accessible World Symposiums
> Vision Worldwide, Inc.
> Phone:  317-254-1185
> Skype: patprice1
> Email: pat at patprice.org
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