Hello I am Miss Tee, the proud Mom of Double Agent TBRAIN.  TBRAIN is a pre-teen that dubs as an Aspie & an Epie and is the Co-Founder of the Hidden Inspirations Project (HIP) Kids a non profit initiative based in PG County Maryland to represent students mildly impacted by hidden disabilities such as Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Epilepsy, ADD/ADHD, Diabetes, Asthma, Speech Differences, etc. that cause barriers to learning and establishing social relationships with typical peers.  

TBRAIN has maintained a 4.0 GPA all nine out of ten semesters since the sixth grade.  He is the Alto & Tenor Sax 1st chair in the school's symphonic band and received a rating of  " 1 " at the 2008 PG County Solo & Ensemble Festival for his Tenor Sax performance (Level III music).  He was recently awarded the 2008 Martin Luther King Foundation of PG County's Student Leader Award for personal achievements and community service.  As the lone tenor sax player, he performed at the Strathmore Music Hall as a member of the District Metropolitan Youth Orchestra.

These are remarkable achievements alone; however, Trenton's specialists at Children's Hospital are baffled by his continued success because he manages two major medical conditions:  1) Aspergers Syndrome (Age 10) and 2) Epilepsy (Age 9).  See www.gazette.net search "Gilstrap" click on Son inspires Brandywine woman to action.  Trenton with his fearless, confident and kind hearted spirit has inspired our family to start a non profit organization called Mind Expansion Community Service (MECS), Inc. by pushing against his medical challenges and standing up to represent a unique group of students that are mildly impacted by hidden disabilities.  There is support for the moderate to severe groups but not those that are mildly impacted. 

Trenton's dream is to bridge the social gap between typical and differently-abled students through awareness and social networking.  Our program merges music (universal language), science (brain and body functions), socio-medical conditions (Autism, Epilepsy, Asthma, Diabetes, Speech Limitations, etc) and social sensitivity (accept and respect differences) to reduce peer to peer "social tension", i.e. teasing, bullying, isolation, incorrect labeling, etc to fight myths that surround these socio-medical differences, i.e. speech impairments translate into mental retardation, seizures are signs of mental illness and possessions of the spirit, etc.