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My little sister Kippy, seen here in my lap with big sister Linda holding newborn Lee, grew up to be The Girl Who Talked Too Much, title character in my soon-to-be-released book, much of which is told in her own words. I was fascinated that she learned the abstract word ‘coincidence’ using the same technique I’d learned about in a graduate Language Acquisition class…..just in months, not in days. She had Intellectual/Developmental Disability, and Tourette’s Syndrome made her talk all the time, opening a view into a fascinating mind.