Co-morbidities can be confusing
This weekend, I finally had some time to work on my speeches for Athens. Because of Easter, I have a four-day weekend (in the Netherlands, we celebrate Good Friday and the second day of Easter as...
View ArticleErasing Limits
We have decided on a name for the documentary project website and it is: Erasing Limits. The beginnings of the documentary website and documentary project are forming! I am so excited to be starting to...
View ArticleThe week after
What a week it has been since my episode aired on Bravo TV. So much has happened, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. I think what I want to share most of all with all of you is how my song and my...
View ArticleLike old times
Last summer, I worked at special school district alongside children with high-functioning autism for my senior project. Yesterday, I went back to visit the kids with my mom who works there! We brought...
View Article“Erasing Limits” debuts today!
Hey everyone! As the new Erasing Limits website and Facebook page Logan and I have been working on debuts today, I have a question for all of you. What other...
View Article“With Tourette, your dreams can come true as well”
Last week, I was in the biggest newspaper of the Netherlands — again! I finally got the time to translate the article, so here it is! The interview was done because a journalist saw the videos of my...
View ArticleFantastic Friends: A great social opportunity for NJ teens with special needs
Hello! My name is Marissa Hacker and I am the National Child Awareness Month (NCAM) New Jersey Youth Ambassador and also the founder of a nonprofit organization called Fantastic Friends. This year for...
View ArticleNot worrying about friends judging my tics
So I know my past couple of posts have been on the more negative side, talking about how my tics have been bad so far this semester and how I’m fed up with it. So I decided it’s time for a more...
View Article2014 NJCTS Children’s Scholarship Award Essay: “I’m Not a Diagnosis”
This is the essay I submitted to the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2014 Children’s Scholarship Award contest. I hope you enjoy it! I always want...
View ArticleA tribute to Miss Iowa
I actually wanted to write this blog yesterday, but because I wanted to go to bed early, I didn’t come to it. It’s now 6:40 a.m. and I’m wide awake. I’ll explain why. A couple of months ago, I found...
View ArticleCo-morbidities can be confusing
This weekend, I finally had some time to work on my speeches for Athens. Because of Easter, I have a four-day weekend (in the Netherlands, we celebrate Good Friday and the second day of Easter as...
View ArticleErasing Limits
We have decided on a name for the documentary project website and it is: Erasing Limits. The beginnings of the documentary website and documentary project are forming! I am so excited to be starting to...
View ArticleThe week after
What a week it has been since my episode aired on Bravo TV. So much has happened, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. I think what I want to share most of all with all of you is how my song and my...
View ArticleLike old times
Last summer, I worked at special school district alongside children with high-functioning autism for my senior project. Yesterday, I went back to visit the kids with my mom who works there! We brought...
View ArticleA tribute to Miss Iowa
I actually wanted to write this blog yesterday, but because I wanted to go to bed early, I didn’t come to it. It’s now 6:40 a.m. and I’m wide awake. I’ll explain why. A couple of months ago, I found...
View ArticleCo-morbidities can be confusing
This weekend, I finally had some time to work on my speeches for Athens. Because of Easter, I have a four-day weekend (in the Netherlands, we celebrate Good Friday and the second day of Easter as...
View ArticleErasing Limits
We have decided on a name for the documentary project website and it is: Erasing Limits. The beginnings of the documentary website and documentary project are forming! I am so excited to be starting to...
View ArticleThe week after
What a week it has been since my episode aired on Bravo TV. So much has happened, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. I think what I want to share most of all with all of you is how my song and my...
View ArticleLike old times
Last summer, I worked at special school district alongside children with high-functioning autism for my senior project. Yesterday, I went back to visit the kids with my mom who works there! We brought...
View Article“Erasing Limits” debuts today!
Hey everyone! As the new Erasing Limits website and Facebook page Logan and I have been working on debuts today, I have a question for all of you. What other...
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