PANS / PANDAS

Supporting A Child With Swearing Tics { Tips From A Young Adult With Coprolalia }

A lot of parents worry that their child with tics may develop Coprolalia (swearing and socially inappropriate tics). This is...

Stop The Invalidation, Stop The Stigma. PANDAS/PANS is real.

PANS and PANDAS are truly traumatic illnesses. Not only is there the sudden unexpected onset, where a formally typically functioning...

A Rant About Natural Interventions, Bias in Research, and Food Sensitivities in Tic Conditions

The ACN Latitudes website contains many personal stories from families who have seen a reduction in organic tics by using natural...

Tic Suppression - Perspectives From Ticcers

Some people who have tics stemming from conditions such as Tourette Syndrome, PANS or PANDAS have the ability to temporarily hold in...

Educating Teachers and Classmates on Tics

How do you educate your teachers and classmates on tics?

Less Well Known and Rarer PANDAS/PANS/BGE Symptoms

Seizures: Seizures can occur as part of PANDAS/PANS/BGE for some people. Some are epileptic, some are non-epileptic. Reduced Muscle Tone:...

Little Known Tourette's / Tic Condition Traits

1.Tourettic OCD: OCD but without the intrusive thoughts or anxiety preceding the rituals, the compulsions can be fuelled by physical...

Have Tourette's / Tics? Here's What You Need To Know

Nobody should ever have to feel ashamed of having Tourette syndrome or Tics, the people who bully, ridicule and discriminate against...

Everything You NEED To Know About Vocal Tics (UPDATED)

1) Vocal tics can be long and complex phrases, they can be in context and they can have a linguistic meaning so sometimes may look...

So you don't believe in PANDAS / PANS...

Trigger warning: Mention of suici*e and e*ting disorders Heart-breaking. This is the world which comes to mind when I think of the...

Tic, stim or compulsion?

Many of the associated symptoms present in individuals with Tourette syndrome can look very similar and can be confused with one another....

What parents of kids with Tourette's or PANDAS / PANS need to know

Parent, (of a child with PANDAS / PANS, Tourette's, OCD, Anxiety, ADHD, Autism etc) - please keep advocating for your children, they need...

Why the controversy surrounding PANDAS / PANS is dangerous

Why the PANDAS /PANS controversy is dangerous : 1) symptoms of PANDAS / PANS can be absolutely horrific and it can include severe OCD,...