The Year of Celebrations: Tourette Syndrome Awareness month

I was talking with my mom and I decided that I would spend the next year celebrating as many holidays and occurrences as possible. I think there are around 300 holidays a month!
My mom and I have always loved all the peculiar holidays and have had many laughs discussing them. I think this year will be a lot of fun but it will also require a lot of dedication, time, and it wont be without costs. I will give you once a week up dates once I get it started (Probably next month) and I will post daily journalings as often as possible. I have a feeling I will be rather busy.
I am home schooled which I believe will make this a whole heap easier, but also more challenging. Mom made an agreement with me... For this year I will use this as a lot of my school work. I will be writing reports on many of these days and I will be doing loads of research. I look forward to this coming year and I hope you will enjoy following my blog.
Feel free to post your comments along the way.

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Thursday, 3 May 2012

Tourette Syndrome Awareness month

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a Disorder in the brain that makes it so a person has tics. A tic is a sound or movement that the person with TS will do over and over.
People get Tourette Syndrome either from problems developing in the womb of from genes passed down from a parent or other relative. TS is not contagious.
TS is more common in Boys than Girls and People with is usually first have their tics when they are a child or in their teens. The tics will usually last about a year but can last longer. If the Tics do last longer it is called Chronic Tic Disorder.
There isn't yet a cure for Tourette Syndrome, though there are medications that can help with the tics. Though if a tic isn't severe and isn't interfering with a persons life the doctors wont put them on medication.
Scientists are still learning about Tourette Syndrome, and eventually there will be a cure. This monthe be aware of Tourettes.