Touretteshero http://www.touretteshero.com Changing the world one tic at a time Thu, 16 May 2013 07:30:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pigs on the Brain The other night Zoë and I were hanging out together at the castle. We had a film on in the background while we worked on our computers. All of a sudden my tics intensified and I clenched my fists, flapped… read more

]]> http://www.touretteshero.com/2013/05/16/pigs-on-the-brain/ Happy Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month Today’s the start of Tourette Syndrome Awareness month. Some people might question why Tourettes needs a whole month of awareness. After all it’s a condition that most people have heard of, it’s frequently mentioned on TV, in films,… read more

]]> http://www.touretteshero.com/2013/05/15/happy-tourette-syndrome-awareness-month/ Cool Words A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking to an American journalist with an incredible name. Lisa Collier Cool writes for Yahoo! Health and her article about me and… read more

]]> http://www.touretteshero.com/2013/05/14/cool-words/ A Long-Awaited Day? I’m writing in the last half hour of Sunday, 12th May 2013. So far today I’ve not had a single ‘ticcing fit’. My fit-recording sheet is beautifully blank, something that hasn’t happened since 21st October 2011.

Since that… read more

]]> http://www.touretteshero.com/2013/05/13/a-long-awaited-day/ Why My Support Workers Are PURRRing I’ve written loads of posts about how I overreact when I feel any heightened emotion, whether it’s happiness, sadness, frustration or excitement. A while ago I developed an ‘overreacting plan’ to help guide me and… read more

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