Alva Review-Courier -

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several years ago the then-teenage Jamie Sanders posted a video of himself reading "This Time," a poem he had written about Tourette's syndrome, the brain condition that caused him to shake his head, snuffle and repeat certain sounds or phrases.

In the video he recalls enrolling at a new school, desperate to find acceptance. Looking into the eyes of his new sixth-grade classmates, Sanders wrote, "I see fear and then amusement, two reactions most commonly seen at a freak show, and my circus tent collapses in my head."

But "This Time" ends on a note of affirmation: "They...