According to an estimate from the Tourette Association of America, one out of every 50 kids in the US has Tourette Syndrome or another type of Tic Disorder. But even though it's fairly common, the ...

The author is pictured in elementary school, around the time he was singled out by a teacher for his tics. Courtesy of K.E. Semmel One particularly stressful day a few years ago, while driving to an ...

“Quelle étrange petite fille!” said an agitated woman in the grocery store. When my 8-year-old self asked my mother what the woman had said, Mom didn’t reply, even though she knew some Cajun French, ...

I started having tics when I was 7 years old. At first, doctors dismissed my mom's concerns as me just being a kid. Tourette syndrome can't be cured, but I want to have more control over my tics. I’m ...

“Quelle étrange petite fille!” said an agitated woman in the grocery store. When my 8-year-old self asked my mother what the woman had said, Mom didn’t reply, even though she knew some Cajun French, ...

Baylen Dupree was officially diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome just ahead of her 18th birthday, though she'd already been experiencing the tics for years. Looking back, her involuntary movements and ...

In a recent episode of Baylen Out Loud, the hit TLC show about a charismatic 22 year old with a severe case of Tourette syndrome, Baylen Dupree stands on the banks of the sun-drenched Potomac and ...

A basic rule of driving is to keep your eyes on the road—leading to fierce debate after an American influencer with Tourette's Syndrome demonstrated that some of her tics stop her from watching where ...

One particularly stressful day a few years ago, while driving to an important work event, I was seized with a severe bout of tics. This was not unusual for me. I’d been ticcing nearly all my life, and ...