Just about every day I see someone asking questions about Tourettes for which there are no solid answers. I can’t tell you what causes Tourettes, I can’t answer why Tourettes is hereditary yet you have no family history of it,… Continue Reading
Recently, Tourettes Action’s research manager attended the 2014 Annual ESSTS meeting and COST International Conference for Tourette Syndrome. This took place in April at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, home to Jean-Martin Charcot and one of his most famous students,… Continue Reading
Medical researchers are hopeful that a new investigational drug being tested in clinical trials will prove to be an effective treatment for Tourette Syndrome – an inherited, misdiagnosed, misunderstood neurological disorder that presents in childhood and causes involuntary motor and… Continue Reading
PLEASE NOTE: TSParentsOnline, 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
Those of you with tics who have written to me often say that your noises bug you. Those of you without TS but who live with it say the sounds can drive you batty. I have nothing but sympathy for… Continue Reading
PLEASE NOTE: TSParentsOnline, the New Jersey 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… Continue Reading
PLEASE NOTE: TSParentsOnline, the New Jersey 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… Continue Reading
The number of children diagnosed with a disability in Canada (and around the United States and world) has increased in recent years, and this has brought considerable attention to the topic of childhood disability supports and services. Families of children… Continue Reading
Children and adolescents growing up today live in a cyber world consisting of instant everything, easy communication, handheld technology, widespread accessibility and often little adult oversight. This cyber world is also a risky place filled with bullying, harassment, intimidation, masking… Continue Reading