Welcome to the Tourette Scotland website!
Tourette Scotland is a registered charity (Scottish Charity No. SCO21851), who aim to:
- Provide advice and support for children and adults with TS and everyone involved in their lives
- Bring together individuals with TS and associated disorders, in order to share information
- Produce newsletters, advice sheets and leaflets
- Raise awareness amongst public and professionals in Scotland
- Provide a telephone help line for information
- Arrange informal meetings biannually with guest speakers
Tourette Syndrome
- Is named after the Doctor who first identified it in 1825
- Is an hereditary genetic illness caused by chemicals not working properly in a small area of the brain
- Is not contagious
- Does not mean you are stupid or disabled
- Sufferers are often misunderstood or rejected
- Has no known cure... ...but research continues
People with TS can sometimes have no control over:
- Making noises like grunting, coughing or barking
- Twitching their face, eyes, nose or mouth
- Nodding or jerking their head, neck or limbs
- Having bad temper outbursts
- Saying things that sound rude or unpleasant (only affects a small percentage of sufferers)
Doctors have tried to explain how it must feel to have TS:
- Do not allow yourself to touch or scratch any part of your body for the next hour
- You eventually have to, don't you?
- This is how impossible it is thought to be for TS sufferers to control or stop their noises or twitches
- Not easy, is it?
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