Teens with Tourette syndrome learn how to be their own advocates

Confidence and leadership are important life skills for anyone, but they’re especially critical for those with Tourette syndrome. From NJTV News

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NJCTS Tim Howard Leadership Academy Welcomes Class of 2019 at Rutgers this Week

The NJCTS Tim Howard Leadership Academy will empower a new set of leaders and advocates this weekend.  Twenty-four teens from across the country will take part in an intensive four-day program promoting self-empowerment, self-leadership, and resilience—all important skills to succeed while living with Tourette Syndrome.  They will train and house

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NJCTS News – July 2019

TS Awareness Day in NJ; Meet Twitcha; Highlights from the Family Retreat

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Meet Twitcha!

NJCTS Launches a Comic Book Series About a Superhero with Tourette Syndrome. The book was written and illustrated by NJCTS Tim Howard Leadership Academy participants.

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NJCTS Celebrates Tourette Awareness in Trenton

Members of the General Assembly helped NJCTS recognize Youth Scholarship winners, Youth Advocates of the Year, and top fundraisers in a ceremony at the War Memorial. To mark the occasion of Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day in New Jersey, NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders (NJCTS) celebrated with an

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New AAN Guideline for Treating Tourette Syndrome and Other Chronic Tic Disorders

MINNEAPOLIS, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — For people living with Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders, there are effective treatments that may help improve symptoms, according to a new guideline by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) published in the May 7, 2019, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the AAN. The guideline is endorsed

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NJCTS News – May 2019

There is still time to get involved in the NJ Walks for TS virtual event; Ask for a proclamation for TS Awareness Day; What’s new at Family Retreat

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Local 10-Year-Old Raises More than $2,000 for Tourette Syndrome

Paradise Knoll Elementary School’s Jameson Dougherty Hosted a Fundraising Walk for the Second Year in a Row

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