Q: Neurotic twitching due to TS often begin between the ages of 2-15 years, with the average age of onset about 6 years of age. TS often lasts into adulthood, but it always starts at some point during childhood. TTD also starts before the age of 18 years, usually at 5-6 years old, but lasts less than a year in duration. There's a lot of similarity between the two conditions with age of onset, but TS often begins a little younger because of its stronger genetic link. Neurotic twitching that starts during adulthood is typically not diagnosed as either TS or TTD. The twitches must begin during childhood to be diagnosed TS or TTD. Males are 3-4x more likely than females to develop TS and TTD, although females have higher incidence of other behavioral / psychological problems. TS is hereditary and there is usually a genetic link between most cases. The duration of the neurotic twitching is the biggest factor for distinguishing TS from TTD. To be diagnosed with TTD, a child has to exhibit twitching (tics) for at least 4 weeks on a daily basis, but less than a year. In contrast, for a diagnosis of TS, the twitching must occur for more than a year. As such, some time and patience are needed to get a proper diagnosis. Most cases of TTD resolve and go away within weeks to months. Twitches that last around a year are called "chronic tics" until enough time passes to justify a diagnosis of TS. TTD is much more common than TS 10% of children develop TTD, whereas about 1% of Americans (kids and adults) are diagnosed with TS. In contrast, about 1% of Americans have mild TS. About 200,000 are estimated to have severe TS (both kids and adults). For a kid or adult to be diagnosed with TS, they must exhibit both at least two motor tics and at least one vocal tic in combination for over a year. Common motor tics include excessive blinking, nose twitching, grimacing, lip smacking, head turning or shoulder shrugging. Vocalizations can include simple grunts, repetitive throat clearing, as well as yelling out words or complex phrases. Numerous types of motor and vocal tics can occur in the same child who has TS. In contrast, most children with TTD have either a single motor tic (twitch) or vocal tic, but rarely both at the same time. If your child or family member only shows some sort of neurotic twitching, then it's likely they have TTD and it will resolve on its own fairly quickly (weeks or months). When repetitive words and phrases are spoken, it's considered a complex form of vocalization. TS varies from mild to severe in terms of repetitive twitching and vocalizations, and tends to involve more complex movements. Complex tics involve several body parts and rhythmic or patterned movements, such as head bobbing while sticking out the tongue, for example. In contrast, children or adolescents with TTD sometimes display complex movements, but not nearly as often as seen with TS. The most common initial symptoms of both TS and TTD are facial tics, such as rapid eye blinking (single or both), eyebrow raising, nose twitching, lip protruding, grimacing and sticking out the tongues. The initial facial tics that develop are often later added to or replaced by jerky movements of the neck, torso and/or limbs. A twitch in the neck usually jerks the head to one side. Twitches from both conditions typically happen many times per day (usually in bouts or bursts of activity) almost every day. Sometimes there are breaks that may last a few hours or so and do not occur when sleeping. Neurotic twitching often looks like really nervous behavior (thus the name) and can get worse with stress or anxiety and better when relaxed and calm. A fairly reliable predictor of potential neurotic twitching behavior is whether or not the person has (or had) other disabilities, such as ADHD, OCD, autism, and/or depression. Serious problems in school with reading, writing and/or math may also be risk factors for developing neurotic twitching behavior. OCD behaviors include intrusive thoughts and anxiety combined with repetitive actions. For example, excessive concern about germs or dirt might get associated with repetitive hand-washing through the day. Approximately 86% of kids with TS also have at least one additional mental, behavioral or developmental disability, usually either ADHD or OCD.
A: Pay attention to age and gender. Notice how long the twitching lasts. Take note of any tics. Observe the complexity of the twitching. Watch for associated conditions.

Q: Either use a square piece of paper to create your own template or print one off and use it as either the paper for the pyramid or a cut-out template that you can trace onto a different piece of paper. A proper pyramid template pattern will have a square base, and of each side of that base, there will be an attached triangle. Two or all four of these triangles will have tabs on them. Once cut out, the four triangles will come together and join at the top to form the pyramid faces.
A: Print or draw a pyramid template.

Q: To finger knit a blanket you will need yarn of any color (it is helpful to have bulky or weighty yarn so that the blanket will be thicker) and scissors. It can be beneficial to have a stitch holder to hold your stitch in place if you don't knit in one setting, and a crotchet hook used to pull the loops over your fingers. The amount of yarn depends on the size of blanket you want. You may have to use several balls of yarn and tie them together at the ends if one ball is not enough (which it most likely won't be). Now that you know how to finger stitch, to begin your blanket you'll need to finger knit as previously explained until you achieve the desired length of your blanket. After you have reached your desired length, instead of tying it off, you will leave the final loop. This is what you will use to create width for your blanket. Essentially your blanket will be many rows (the number depends on the length of the blanket your desire) of the finger knits lined up next to one another.
A: Gather your materials. Create the length of blanket you want.

Q: .odt file and select "Open with" "WordPad". This will not work in Windows XP. If you're using Windows XP or a Mac, you can use an online conversion service or your Google Drive account. The file will now be a .doc file.
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Right-click on the . Click "File" and select "Save as" "Open Office XML document". Name and save the file wherever you'd like.