Under the soaring roof of a big red barn, the patient and providers in Akron Children’s Tic and Tourette Syndrome Service celebrated the growth of their program and the support and friendship that comes from sharing a diagnosis. The event, TIC Night Out (Together in the Community), has grown from 41 participants six years ago […]
Owen saddles up – and up, up, up goes his confidence
It could have been a late birthday gift or an early Christmas gift but, anyway you look at it, spending time riding a horse named Rambo was an experience Owen Culp won’t soon forget. Owen, who turned 17 on Dec. 6, had mentioned to Dr. Katrina Lindsay that he enjoyed caring for a neighbor’s horses […]
‘Be You at the Zoo,’ is a motto kids with tics, Tourette’s embrace on special night out
It started more than 5 years ago when a patient asked Dr. Katrina Lindsay how he could meet other kids who were like him. Since then, T.I.C. (Together in the Community) Night Out, a social event for Dr. Lindsay’s patients in her Tics and Tourette Service has grown and the fun has spread from […]
After first learning to how control his words, teen is now using his voice to help himself, others
After years of struggling in every which way, Daymon Deramus knew he was finally moving along a brighter path when he was invited to serve as the 2021 Youth Ambassador for the Tourette Association of America (TAA), representing the State of Ohio. “I was 12 when I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome. It has shaken […]
Even before ‘Hocus Pocus,’ event put a spell on patients socially distant – but still together – at drive-in theater
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life in every way, but Dr. Katrina Lindsay was determined to not let it ruin an event she has planned for her patients for the past 3 years. A pediatric psychologist who has created a nationally-recognized program at Akron Children’s for children with tic disorders and Tourette syndrome, Dr. Lindsay […]
Surprise mailroom visit earns stamp of approval from boy & his mom
Cameron Ware, 9, eagerly awaited the arrival by mail of “GameStop” gift cards he had earned through his participation in Akron Children’s Hospital’s nationally-recognized Comprehensive Behavioral Interventions for Tics (CBIT) program. He checked the mailbox again and again but his letter from Akron Children’s was not there. Cameron began asking him mom, Shana Ware, a […]
