At age 64, Jim Eisenreich is a retired Major League Baseball player (1982-84, 1987-1998) known as a great hitter and with a World Series championship to his credit. He’s had a good life and rose quickly to the Major League. But part of him will always remember being a “kid who just wanted to be […]
Tourette service patients take in fall fun & friendship at Mapleside Farms
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 […]
‘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 […]