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Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Association of America
Founded in 1972, the Tourette Association of America (formerly known as the Tourette Syndrome Association) is the only national organization serving the community, and works to raise awareness, advance research, and provide ongoing support to patients and families impacted by Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders.

Speech Disorders by Mary E. Williams (Editor) 40 million Americans have communication disorders. Your readers are provided with essential information on speech disorders. This book also serves as a historical survey, by providing information on the controversies surrounding its causes. Compelling first-person narratives by people coping with speech disorders give readers a first-hand experience. Patients, family members, or caregivers explain the condition from their own experience. The symptoms, causes, treatments, and potential cures are explained in detail. Essential to anyone trying to learn about diseases and conditions, the alternative treatments are explored. Each essay is carefully edited and presented with an introduction, so that they are accessible for student researchers and readers.
Call Number: 616.855 SPE 2012
ISBN: 9780737757835
Publication Date: 2012
TOURETTE : the self-under-siege neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric motor syndrome. by FYMAT, ALAIN L.
Call Number: 616.85 FYM
ISBN: 9781779410269
Publication Date: 2023

Tourette syndrome: A disorder marked by multiple motor tics, involuntary vocalizations, and significant impairment of social functioning.

Anatomy or system affected: Brain, muscles, musculoskeletal system, nerves, nervous system, psychic-emotional system

Causes: Unknown; possibly genetic

Symptoms: Repetitive eye blinking, tongue protrusion, facial grimacing, or other head movements; unusual vocalizations (grunting, coughing, throat clearing); involuntary touching, knee bends, touching of objects in sequence, or other repetitive behaviors

Diagnosis:

Symptoms must persist for a period of at least one year, although they may decrease or subside during that time for brief periods of three months or less.
Onset must be prior to eighteen years of age.
The motor and vocal tics manifested must not be a consequence of drug use or the result of a previously existing medical condition such as Huntington’s chorea.

Treatments: Relaxation techniques, drug therapy, counseling, touch therapy, music therapy.

The UpTic is a podcast that provides an opportunity for the eclectic voices of the TS community to be heard. The topics covered will be as diverse as the neurodivergent population.

This video, created by the Tourette Association of America, gives an overview of the disorder including the science behind it, symptoms, and statistics.