Tourette Syndrome

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...

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?

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...

Sensory Tic Triggers

Some people with Tourette syndrome, tic disorders and PANDAS / PANS find that their tics can be exacerbated by certain sensory stimuli....

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....

Is Tourette's a Disability?

The term disability means different things to different people and everyone prefers different terms on how to describe their condition...

Coping at Christmas with Tourette's, PANDAS / PANS, OCD and Autism

Christmas is a time of joy for many people, but for families dealing with conditions such as Tourette's, OCD, Autism or PANDAS / PANS it...

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...