Awareness
NJCTS helps North Jersey residents at Self-Sufficiency Health Fair
On March 26, the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) had a table at the Project Self-Sufficiency Health Fair in Newton. Coordinated by Project Self-Sufficiency Development Officer Whitney Mayer, the health fair attracted more than 75… Continue Reading
52 Weeks of TS: Week 48
EDITOR’S NOTE: Every Tuesday, noted Tourette Syndrome advocate Troye Evers shares his “52 Weeks of TS” blog journal with the TSParentsOnline community. With just FOUR weeks remaining in this series, there’s a chance you missed one more entries from his… Continue Reading
Kane is a TS superhero!
This is Kane! Kane is 10 years old from Murray Iowa. Kane is a loving child who enjoys helping other people! Kane and I have had quite the journey together! I was only 18 when I gave birth to this… Continue Reading
NJCTS Youth Advocates take over Awareness Fair in Old Bridge
On March 31, the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) had a table for the Awareness Fair at Alan B. Shepard Elementary School in Old Bridge. Coordinated by School Counselor Jean Czarkowski, the fair was attended by… Continue Reading
New Jersey families: Help declare June 4 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day in YOUR town!
Soccer star, Tourette Syndrome advocate and New Jersey native Tim Howard is coming home on June 4 to help the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) launch a year-long Tourette Syndrome awareness campaign. And he needs YOUR help. New… Continue Reading
New Jersey 7th-graders learn a lot from Youth Advocate Presentation
My daughters Sarah and Anna 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…they killed it. The… Continue Reading
A plea to all parents of special needs kids
EDITOR’S NOTE: This blog entry was originally written to parents in Delaware, but the general theme of it applies to parents everywhere! When I started this blog journey by telling my son’s special education story from a Delaware Charter school, I… Continue Reading
New “Goodreads Group” for Tourette Syndrome-related literature!
The more popular self-publishing becomes, the more books there are on the market about Tourette Syndrome and similar neurological disorders, particularly memoirs. That’s why I was surprised when I tried to look up groups on Goodreads for Tourette Syndrome awareness, and not much… Continue Reading
CARE for Tourette Syndrome Act reintroduced by New Jersey Senator & Congressman
Congressman Albio Sires and Senator Bob Menendez have reintroduced the Collaborative Academic Research Efforts (CARE) for Tourette Syndrome Act to expand and further coordinate efforts towards research for Tourette syndrome. This bill would promote activities at the National Institutes of… Continue Reading