Tourette Syndrome has long been — for better or worse — portrayed or referred to in common culture, but rarely with much commitment to providing complete, honest, or accurate information. If your understanding of Tourette Syndrome comes from Hollywood movies like Boondock Saints, Not Another Teen Movie, Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo, What About Bob? or…

Tourette Canada describes Tourette Syndrome (TS) as a neurodevelopmental or brain condition. People with Tourettes make involuntary movements and noises — tics. There is a lot of popular mythology and misinformation about Tourette Syndrome, including that the main symptom of Tourette’s is swearing (it’s not), that TS affects intelligence (it doesn’t), and that the mere…