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Tourettes Awareness Day: 9 things you didn’t know about the neuro condition

Tourette Syndrome is all about people involuntarily swearing or shouting inappropriate things, right? Wrong. The truth is, only a minority of people with Tourettes swear involuntarily – the vast majority of sufferers don’t do this. Speaking to mark ...

07 Jun 2022 at 07:30

Health

Ex teacher nicknamed ‘twitcher’ says Tourette’s diagnosis in 40s helped him ‘make sense’ of lifetime of symptoms

A retired schoolteacher whose stomach tensing and ear wiggling saw him “taunted” and called a “twitcher” growing up has said being officially diagnosed with Tourette’s in his 40s was the “final piece in the jigsaw puzzle” that helped him “make ...

23 Aug 2023 at 09:04

Health

Dancer who has unpredictable Tourette’s tics says seeing Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury performance left her ‘speechless’

A dance teacher diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome – meaning she has unpredictable tics where she whistles, blinks and sometimes swears – has said watching Lewis Capaldi’s “beautiful” Glastonbury performance left her “speechless” and she ...

10 Aug 2023 at 09:59

Health & Wellbeing

How to react kindly to people with Tourette’s – and what not to say

Although most people have heard of Tourette’s Syndrome, they often wrongly think it’s a rare condition that always involves involuntary swearing. But the reality of Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) is that it’s a complex, inherited neurological ...

07 Jun 2023 at 08:15

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