My sister Sarah and I did a New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) Youth Advocate Presentation for more than 150 7th-graders last week at Galloway Township Middle School, and to put it bluntly…we killed it. :)… Continue Reading
This link absolutely disgusts me. NO child deserves to be secluded. I remember when I was in elementary school with extremely severe Tourette’s. I was locked in a small room for hours and hours, left there wondering why they forgot… Continue Reading
5 years post National Youth Ambassador Training in Washington, DC and I am still at it! Following my fall semester at SUNY-Binghamton I was asked to return to Memorial Middle School in Fairlawn, N.J., to speak with the 7th-graders about… Continue Reading
On January 20, I delivered two presentations to more than 150 seventh-graders at Memorial Middle School in Fair Lawn! I talked a lot about how my life has been affected by Tourette Syndrome and how it has been a big… Continue Reading
Faculty members of Haddon Township High School and student members of the school’s Psychology Club devoted time on February 2 to learn about Tourette Syndrome. Known also as TS, Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable sounds and… Continue Reading
I am currently an undergraduate student studying Special Educational Needs and Inclusion at Bishop Grosseteste University. I am currently working on my undergraduate dissertation and it is at this point that I need your help! I am looking for pupils… Continue Reading
This whole month has been a crisis. Just when you think it is over, you think you have it all figured out, you don’t; or at least I don’t. I have gone about three years without taking medication. But all… Continue Reading
We caught up with A Level student Ellen to have a chat about all things TS. How old were you when you got diagnosed with TS and how did you feel about this? I have had Tourette’s for as long… Continue Reading
For my first blog I wanted to share a little bit about when I was first diagnosed. I’ve always been a little twitchy, I started blinking my eyes and sniffing when I was in preschool and developed many more simple motor… Continue Reading
Hello all! I’m going to be frank; I’m new to the blog-world. Please forgive me if I sound too formal/don’t sound formal enough/don’t interest you/etc. etc. etc. I’m trying this out, and we’ll have to see if I have ANY… Continue Reading