This is the essay I submitted to the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2014 Children’s Scholarship Award contest. I hope you enjoy it! Tourettes. We all have our own challenges. Mine has a… Continue Reading
James McConnel, a composer with Tourette’s Syndrome, has always believed that Mozart might also have suffered from Tourette’s. Not only that, but we can hear it in the music. In this film, James McConnel sets out to find proof that this… Continue Reading
Say hello to Pariah. They’re a young, ambitious Canadian rock band, and two of their members happen to have TS. A five-piece ensemble, Pariah hails from Mississauga and Oakville, and they all love to write music, record and perform. The band… Continue Reading
Hey guys, sorry I’ve been gone for so long. I’ve been so busy with school and everything, but I’m back!!! A lot has gone on since I’ve been gone. I finally turned 21 in January, which is exciting!! I absolutely… Continue Reading
Here are the lyrics to my new song Four Months. I hope you like it! Hello September You have made my wallet thicker But I don’t feel any richer Watch the sky as Saturn bickers with Mars Count the freckles… Continue Reading
The following post is from Alec Stott, author of the Adult Onset Tourette Syndrome blog. I am a male, 21 years old, and this year, in 2013, I have developed what is in the process of being diagnosed at Tourette… Continue Reading
The Lappes (pronounced laps) will partner with with the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for the second time this year by playing at the 4th annual NJ Walks for TS at Mendham, on Saturday, November… Continue Reading
This is the essay I submitted to the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2013 Children’s Scholarship Award contest. I hope you enjoy it! And here is my profile on the NJCTS website. I was diagnosed… Continue Reading
So, the other day I was on a train and a song came on called “The Distance You Have Come,” written by the wonderful Scott Alan and sang by the magnificent Natalie Weiss. Just as the train pulled in to… Continue Reading
I won! Can you believe it? A kid who tics, has Asperger’s and other disorders, won a National singing competition on the Kandi Factory!!!! I was so proud and very proud to represent our community. It was a hard secret… Continue Reading