New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez introduces Tourette Syndrome legislation to U.S. Senate

Bill S. 2321 is companion legislation to H.R. 3760, which was introduced by Congressman Albio Sires in December   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) is proud to announce the introduction of federal legislation for Tourette Syndrome by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

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TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS WEEK: Lectures at RVCC, Rutgers benefit future educators

As part of the first annual statewide Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week, April 23-29, the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome (NJCTS) presented lectures about TS and its associated disorders to college students who intend to be future educators on April 19 at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg and on

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“Pirates! Band of Misfits” comes to New Jersey for May’s Sensory Friendly Films series

Theatres in Clifton, Elizabeth, Freehold, New Brunswick, Rockaway and Wayne will show the hit movie on May 5, for those with Tourette Syndrome and associated disorders   AMC Theatres and the Autism Society have teamed up to bring families affected by autism and other disorders, such as Tourette Syndrome, a special

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TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS WEEK: Rutgers graduate students learn about clinical side of TS

PISCATAWAY – First- and second-year students in Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) are in the midst of learning Child Psychopathology as a basic competency in a field they have already chosen, but who might want to specialize with kids who have Tourette Syndrome.   Various

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TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS WEEK: Scotch Plains students learn how to be advocates for TS

SCOTCH PLAINS – When Connie Dovi asked her fifth-grade class at Terrill Road School to come up with a service learning project, Josh Klapper didn’t have to think very long to decide what he wanted to do.   Klapper, 11, who has Tourette Syndrome, immediately told Dovi that he wanted

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Noted TS author/educator Sue Conners to give keynote at Dare To Dream Student Leadership Conference

The first Dare to Dream Student Leadership Conference to target the community of New Jersey high school students living with neurological conditions such as Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome and other associated disorders is less than a month away! Hundreds of Garden State students are expected to descend upon

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District 12 constituents with Tourette Syndrome discuss federal legislation with Congressman Rush Holt

The Kowalski and Silvers families, as well as the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome, thank the Congressman for being one of the 37 co-sponsors for bill H.R. 3760   WEST WINDSOR – Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ12) was well-informed about Tourette Syndrome when he signed on as a co-sponsor of

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Pediatric residents learn about Tourette Syndrome at latest NJCTS patient-centered training

Teenagers Drew Friedrich and Sarah Ethridge informed pediatric residents at Goryeb Children’s Hospital about topics such as the suppression of tics   MORRISTOWN – The pediatric residents at Goryeb Children’s Hospital learned about Tourette Syndrome from textbooks during their time in medical school. They know that as many as 1 in

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