Things You Should Not Say to Someone with Tourette Syndrome
Are you a parent of a child with Tourette Syndrome? As part of Tourette Awareness Month, we are raising awareness and busting some myths around the stigma of this neurodivergence.
90% of people with Tourette Do Not Swear
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is often misunderstood as a condition which makes people swear, or say socially inappropriate things. Although it is true that ‘coprolalia’ – the clinical term for involuntary swearing – is a symptom of TS, it only affects a minority of people.
90% of people with TS do not have coprolalia. To find out more about the Signs & Symptoms of Tourette, check out our article.
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What You Should Not Say to Someone with Tourette
Watch this short video made by Tourettes Action which go into the kind of responses people hear when they tell people they have TS. They interviewed young people with TS under the age of 16 and their parents. Hear their reactions to the stereotypes and perceptions that exist around Tourette Syndrome.
Things You Should Not Say to Someone with Tourette Syndrome, Directed by Serena Bhandari and Jaya Baxter
If you’re a parent of a child with TS or interested in finding out more, we gathered some tools within our app to help your child understand how TS shows up in their lives and help them advocate for themselves or others in school, shared with us by Tourettes Action.
Social Story: I have Tourette Syndrome, aimed at primary school children (Credit: Tourettes Action)
What is Tourette? Presentation For Primary School Children (Credit: Tourettes Action)
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