{"id":5590,"date":"2022-05-11T19:03:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T19:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2022-05-26T00:30:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:30:56","slug":"be-voice-for-the-ts-and-tic-disorder-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/be-voice-for-the-ts-and-tic-disorder-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a Voice for the TS and Tic Disorder Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-welcome-you-to-join-the-njcts-youth-council\">We welcome you to join the NJCTS Youth Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the NJCTS Youth Advocate Council is to empower youth (ages 13-18) living with TS, tic disorders and the associated conditions, or some form of lived experience with TS, to educate, advocate and increase awareness of Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Youth Advocate Council will provide an open forum for communications where youth can share information and ideas, and discuss relevant topics inherent to the TS and tic disorder community. Through these conversations, making connections and participating in activities, teens will create and develop&nbsp;ways for increasing awareness and furthering the mission of NJCTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did we mention it looks good on a college application? If interested, please complete the form below by Friday, June 17 and we will be in touch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youth Council Application<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We welcome you to join the NJCTS Youth Council The purpose of the NJCTS Youth Advocate Council is to empower youth (ages 13-18) living with TS, tic disorders and the associated conditions, or some form of lived experience with TS,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/be-voice-for-the-ts-and-tic-disorder-community\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":524,"featured_media":5591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[693,11,689],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v22.7) - 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