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2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “Tourette Syndrome will always be a part of me”

This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. At ten years old, I was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome and it has had an impact… Continue Reading

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2017 NJCTS Youth Scholarship Award Essay: “Life’s a Twitch”

This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest. One of my all time favorite quotes is by Scott Hamilton, “The only disability in life… Continue Reading

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Hillsdale Teen Inspires his Community to Tackle Tourette Syndrome

Mike Hayden is taking his Tourette Syndrome advocacy efforts to the next level. Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements or sounds known as tics and is frequently accompanied by other neurological or mental health disorders.… Continue Reading

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NJCTS Youth Advocate Mary Kate Donahue delivers keynote address at Dare to Dream Conference

NJCTS Youth Advocate Mary Kate Donahue delivered the keynote address at the 2016 Dare to Dream Student Leadership Conference at Stockton University on May 9. This wasn’t Mary Kate’s first rodeo. She is an accomplished speaker and children’s book author and… Continue Reading

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NJCTS Youth Advocate Tess Kowalski delivers keynote address at Dare to Dream Conference

NJCTS Youth Advocate Tess Kowalski delivered a moving keynote address at the 2016 Dare to Dream Student Leadership Conference at Mercer County Community College on April 29. The New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs sponsors regional… Continue Reading

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NJCTS Youth Advocates educate students at Hamilton Primary School about TS

Earlier this week, NJCTS Youth Advocates Tess and Paige Kowalski were joined by Youth Advocate-in-training Cami Jimenez to present to the third graders at Hamilton Primary School in Bridgewater, NJ. More than 115 students learned about Tourette Syndrome, acceptance, and treating… Continue Reading