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The Tourettes Action Blog
The Tourettes Action blog gives people with Tourette Syndrome (TS) a space to talk about how the condition affects them. We hope that by explaining what life is really like to have or to live with someone who has TS, we can fight the stigma about the condition.
If you would like to write about your experiences of TS, we would love to hear from you. Please email us to find out more and discuss what you might like to write about.
Work Experience with KPMG
Helena talks about her month-long work experience placement at KPMG and how it has changed her life for the better.
Posted Mon 16th Jan 2017 at 12:19
Team Martin London Marathon Update!
Sandie and Jane, aka Team Martin, keep us up-to-date as they prepare for the Virgin London Marathon for Tourettes Action.
Posted Thu 12th Jan 2017 at 14:26
19 year old Amber talks about school, employment and finding her confidence.
Growing up my family and teacher would always tell me off for making funny noises or pulling a face and I just couldn't understand why I was being yelled at.
Posted Thu 24th Nov 2016 at 14:07
Spencer Martin aged 13 and 3/4
13 year old Spencer talks about being a teenager with TS and how proud he is of his inspirational mum.
Posted Wed 23rd Nov 2016 at 11:48
Adolescents Perception of their Peers with Tourette Syndrome: An Exploratory study
Melina Malli is a PhD researcher at the Tizard Centre in the University of Kent. She has also worked with people with TS as a special educational teacher. With her supervisor Professor Rachel Forrester-Jones they aim to develop an intervention to improve tic-free teenagers' attitudes towards their peers with TS. In order to achieve that, they needed to investigate what teenagers without TS thought about their peers with TS and how they believed they would behave and act around them. Their finding, taken from 22 participants without TS, provides insight into what an effective intervention should have in order to improve school experience for those with TS.
Posted Mon 21st Nov 2016 at 13:17
