Blog entries by teenagers with Tourette Syndrome
Paige was a winner of a 2021 NJCTS Scholarship Award. This was the essay she included with her application. “Yep! She’s got it!”, my doctor pronounced over the speaker phone as I stood in my living room. My sister, who… Continue Reading
Natasha was a second place winner of a 2021 NJCTS Scholarship Award. This was the essay she included with her application. “Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not darkdays:… Continue Reading
Jordan was a second place winner of a 2021 NJCTS Scholarship Award. This was the essay he included with his application. Tourette has been a defining part of my life, and dealing with it has shown my growth inmany different… Continue Reading
Eric was a second place winner of a 2021 NJCTS Scholarship Award. This was the essay he included with his application. Depressed, hopeless, and rejected. My classmates were pointing at and mimicking mytics. When the bell rang, I ran out… Continue Reading
Grace was a second place winner of a 2021 NJCTS Scholarship Award. This was the essay she included with her application. When I first sat down to type this essay, I had a hard time figuring out what exactly to… Continue Reading
Sam was a first place winner of a 2021 NJCTS Scholarship Award. This was the essay he included with his application. “FISH!”This wasn’t my intended greeting for a newly diagnosed 4th grader named Dylan. Nevertheless, my Tourette thought otherwise. I… Continue Reading
Jenna was a first place winner of a 2021 NJCTS Scholarship Award. This was the essay she included with her application. You’ve rested on my walls for 2,555 days — the intense version of you that forces visitors to pause… Continue Reading
The thought of spending ample time for assessments allured me greatly. So why then did I decline to accept the accommodations? Continue Reading
Having Tourette’s didn’t hinder my life to an extreme degree, especially considering that my case is far milder than some of my counterparts. However, that’s not to say that it didn’t impact my life to any extent at all; some… Continue Reading
I just started as the Youth Development Intern with NJCTS and my story was sent out to people on the NJCTS mailing list, but this is a longer more personal version if you care to read it. Continue Reading