5 things that can help with tics
Throwback Thursday: Below is a post from 2011. We wanted to revisit it to see if these five things have worked or are still working for your child. Let us know in the comments. Continue Reading
Guest Bloggers
Worried About Navigating This Strange and Unprecedented School Year with Your Student?
The decisions you make, that you might regret later, remind yourself of this -at any given moment, in any given situation know that you are making the best decision that you can right then and there. Continue Reading
Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: TS is Not a Punchline
It’s Tourette Syndrome awareness month, and I’d like for you to share my family’s film about our TS journey. Let me tell you why. I am not a YouTube expert. But, as a media and communication scholar, I do know… Continue Reading
Looking for that perfect Mother’s Day Present? The best gift is the right words to uplift a TS caregiver.
By Eryn Travis I never intended to start a doctoral program, and, certainly, never expected that focus to be about communication and media representation related to Tourette’s Syndrome. Yet, just like receiving a “surprise” TS diagnosis for my son, here… Continue Reading
Emma – A Mom’s Story
I’ve decided to start blogging/journaling my sons Tourette’s journey as a means of therapy for myself and to find others in the same boat. My sons first tics became apparent as soon as he started school, the transition from the… Continue Reading
Medical Marijuana: What’s the Process?
Today’s guest post is from a TS parent in South Jersey who has done the research into medical marijuana now that TS is a qualifying condition. She’s done the legwork and would like to share it with fellow parents! Hello!… Continue Reading
Family Retreat – A Parent’s Perspective
About 6 years ago, a few months after our son was diagnosed with TS, we learned about the NJCTS Family Retreat (Camp Bernie). It sounded like fun but we did not know what to expect. We are not much of… Continue Reading
What do you choose?
A new school year is a new beginning. In our house, there’s a combination of excitement and anxiety right about now. We’re coming off the high of a breakthrough summer for both Maddie and Max who spent 7 weeks at… Continue Reading
What are the chances that my son or daughter will have TS and OCD?
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) or obsessive compulsive behaviors** (OCBs) and Tourette, as well as another tic disorder called Chronic Tic Disorder* (CT), often appear together. Research shows these conditions are probably genetically linked and as a result, we tend to… Continue Reading
Ask Dr. Ticcy: My Child Won’t Go to School
Dr. Ticcy is a pseudonym for the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada National Office, which draws on information from experts across Canada and beyond to answer questions from the TS community. Please send your questions to tsfc@tourette.ca with the salutation “Dear Dr. Ticcy.” Dr… Continue Reading