Description
Personal accounts of Tourettes Syndrome.
Every doctor and teacher in the country should read these personal stories of Tourettes sufferers and their families. This poorly-understand neurological disorder turns lives upside down and can split families apart, yet diagnosis, treatment and proper educational provision so rarely happen automatically. One contributor was not diagnosed until she was fifty-nine - after a lifetime of misery and bewilderment.
There is no easy way to tell these stories, punctuated as so many of them are with discrimination, humiliation and fear. Yet every single one represents the triumph of the human spirit over adversity; of hope over despair. In no other illness are the attitudes of society so crucial to the well-being of its victims. People with Tourettes crave acceptance. This book, better than any textbook, will highlight the condition, and it is up to society to help people with Tourettes - by making allowances.