Awareness. Acceptance. Action. Advocacy. All needed when it comes to informing people about Tourette Syndrome at the national, regional, state and local level. Our Facebook page (give us a “like”! :) ) is dedicated toward these very things, especially when… Continue Reading
The following is from the National Tourette Syndrome Association. Teens4TS is extremely proud of each and every one of the 46 teens who last week became Youth Ambassadors! The national Tourette Syndrome Association’s 2013 Trip to the Hill brought 46… Continue Reading
I was overwhelmed by the well-wishes and show of support from fellow parents of kids with TS who wrote on my last blog. In addition, the insight from those before us who have navigated this winding road of psychiatric care… Continue Reading
Hi everyone, I just wanted to share a couple of little notes that show how important it is to support H.R. 146, the Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2013. I posted the following short letter to the POPVOX… Continue Reading
Our son, Ethan, turned 12 last week in a residential treatment facility more than 1,000 miles from home. It’s a hospital in Wisconsin specializing in the treatment of kids with tic disorders and debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder, resistant to the… Continue Reading
As a scientist and father of 2 kids with Tourette Syndrome, I’m often pretty frustrated with the state of our understanding of the causes of Tourette and its frequency within the general population, and with the limited treatment options available.… Continue Reading
We met with Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ2) on November 19 with the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) to discuss TS and the H.R. 3760 federal TS legislation. We are thrilled with how the meeting went!… Continue Reading
Today on the website of the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome, there is a National Bullying Prevention Month story featuring Dr. Stuart Green, who is the director of the New Jersey Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention and an… Continue Reading
Hi everyone, I just wanted to share a couple of little notes that show how important it is to support H.R. 3760, the Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2011. I posted the following short letter to the POPVOX… Continue Reading
Today, while having a conversation about Tourette Syndrome, my son brought me to tears. As most parents of TS kids can imagine, this was not the first time I have been brought to tears with regards to his TS. I… Continue Reading