1. Sara Black & Mindy Stacy

2.  More than 2 Million American’s Effected  Anxiety Disorder  Extreme Compulsions  Obsessive Rituals  Unwanted & Repeated  Feelings  Ideas  Sensations  Requires Treatment  Medication  Therapy

3.  Hand Washing  Counting  Checking  Cleaning  Patterns  Only provides temporary relief

4.  Biological  Inherited  Streptococcus  Environmental  Abuse  Death  Work/School Issues  Relationships  Abrupt Living Changes

5. Stand up Comedian Television Host Actor Author Suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

6.  Stand up Comedian  TV Personality  Deal or No Deal  Bobby’s World  America’s Got Talent  Howie Mandel Show  St. Elsewhere  Author  Here’s the Deal, Don’t Touch Me

7.  Married to wife, Terry, for 32 years  Three children  Jackie, 27  Alex, 22  Riley, 19

8.  Could not take children to public restrooms  Slept in Guest House when children were sick  Entire family went to therapy to cope

9.  Noticed OCD from childhood  Diagnosed as an adult  On medication  See’s many therapists  Unable to shake hands; “bumps” instead

11.  Wrote Here’s the Deal, Don’t Touch Me  Comedian  Actor  TV personality  Deal or No Deal  America’s Got Talent  Family embraced him  Raises awareness

13. What are 3 of the hardest challenges you would face if you lived with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for a day?

14.  Cartel, M. (n.d.). How Howie Mandel Manages ADHD and OCD. Lifescript.com. Retrieved February 16, 2011, from http://www.lifescript.com/Life/Timeout/Entertainment/How_Howie_Mandel_Manages_ ADHD_and_OCD.aspx  Family helps Howie Mandel cope with OCD. (n.d.). Great Dad - Advice for Expectant Dads, New, Single, Stay at Home dads with Parenting Information and Pregnancy Care. Retrieved February 16, 2011, from http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/274/4113/family-helps-howie-mandel-cope-with- ocd.html  Howie Mandel Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos. (n.d.). Netglimse.com. Retrieved February 16, 2011, from http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/howie_mandel/index.shtml  Howie Mandel Talks About OCD. (n.d.). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | You have OCD. Retrieved February 16, 2011, from http://youhaveocd.com/2010/07/06/howie-mandel- talks-about-ocd/  Obsessive-compulsive disorder. (n.d.). National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved February 16, 2011, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001926  OCD in Children and Adults: Symptoms, Causes, and More. (n.d.). WebMD. Retrieved February 17, 2011, from http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/obsessive- compulsive-disorder?page=2

15.  Disability can be used as a teaching tool  Personal experiences help to relate  We all have struggles, and success is possible.

16.  Easy to meet in smaller groups  Both got input on group outline  Communication is key

17.  Communicated via email  Met in person to make outline  Separated work equally  Set goals/dates for project progress