The Tim Howard NJCTS Leadership Academy is a four-day program that takes place in state-of-the-art dormitories on Busch Campus at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in Piscataway. The 2nd annual Leadership Academy will take place August 6-9, 2015,… Continue Reading
A little more than a week ago, I participated in a Missouri TSA event called the teen panel. Basically, it was an event where we had 4 people (including me) who were teens and college students and we talked to… Continue Reading
PLEASE NOTE: Teens4TS, the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS), and its directors and employees assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, objectivity or usefulness of the information that follows in this blog post. None of the… Continue Reading
Vanessa Van Petten is the founder, CEO and lead writer for Radical Parenting. Hi! Happy New Year! I’m so excited to announce a new life-changing program I have created for teens. In this fun, entertaining and inspirational talk I go over… Continue Reading
Between them, teenagers Grace Hawruk, Tommy Licato and Tess Kowalski have delivered more than a dozen presentations on behalf of the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS). They’ve spoken to students, teachers, doctors and residents about… Continue Reading
The Space Between You And Me is a powerful art installation that moves people who experience it. It’s a captivating exhibit, managing to express what it’s like to have Tourette Syndrome through footage of interviews with youth with TS and… Continue Reading
Dr. Roger Kurlan of the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., is currently recruiting for a clinical research trial for a potential new medication for Tourette Syndrome. Participants must be between the ages of 12 and… Continue Reading
On April 19, Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ7) and the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) conducted a roundtable discussion in which three Garden State teenagers discussed TS and how it has affected either themselves or people… Continue Reading
Hey everyone! We need your help to spread Tourette Syndrome awareness through a new project that is the brainchild of RuthieP from the A Little Bit Different: Tourette Syndrome page on Facebook. Here’s what we would like you to do!… Continue Reading
When you hear the acronym OCD, what do you think of? Someone who needs to put their silverware in order each time? Someone who must wash their hands 20 to 30 times per day? Or perhaps someone that needs to… Continue Reading