#tourette syndrome

[small-but-mightyy]

I wish more people understood Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders

[it-is-only-a-novel]

Neurodivergent: a list

A list of those who are included under the "neurodivergent" label.

Applied Neurodiversity

Dyscalculia

Dysgraphia

Dyslexia

Dysnomia

Dyspraxia

Dissociative disorders

Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DpDr)

Dissociative amnesia

Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD)

Unspecified dissociative disorder

Eating disorders:

Anorexia nervosa

Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)

Binge-eating disorder

Bullimia nervosa

Pica

Mental illnesses:

Anxiety

Delusional disorder

Depression

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Personality Disorders:

Cluster A:

Paranoid personality disorder

Schizoid personality disorder

Schizotypal personality disorder

Cluster B:

Antisocial personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)

Cluster C:

Avoidant personality disorder

Dependent personality disorder

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Other:

Personality change due to another medical condition

Personality disorder not otherwise specified (PD-NOS)

personality disorder trait specified (PD-TS)

Tic disorder

Chronic motor or vocal tic disorder

Tourette syndrome

Transient tic disorder

other

Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI)

Angelmans Syndrome

Auditory processing disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Body integrity identity disorder (BIID)

Bipolar disorder

Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DPDR)

Down syndrome

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)

Fragile X syndrome

Hyperlexia

Intellectual disability

Irlen Syndrome

Meares-Irlen Syndrome

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Obsessive love disorder (OLD)

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS)

Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)

Prosopagnosia

Savant Syndrome

Schizophrenia

Synesthesia

Williams Syndrome/Williams Beuren Syndrome

This is by no means a full list.

If you: see that I'm missing something, or

want me to rephrase something, or

have a resource to share, or

have a suggestion for organizing the list

please let me know in the comments/rebloggs.

I'm autistic and I love making lists. I also hope it may help spread awareness about neurodivergent people!

I am not an expert. But I do believe that we should be careful to include people in the neurodivergent umbrella. We are stronger together.

Updated: 9/2/24

[hydeingpurples]

Someone came up to me yesterday and asked if I have Tourette's, and then proceeded to explain how they have no filter and that it'd be great to have Tourette's as an excuse for all of the random things they say.

This is a reminder that Tourette's is INVOLUNTARY and is NOT just speaking tics. It is PAINFUL self-injury tics, muscle and joint pain, repetitive strain injury, not being able to cook, not being able to drive, feeling excluded from spaces, being told off something you can't stop, being glared at, and more.

[arcticduckie]

Shoutout to people with tourettes

Shoutout to people with functional tics

Shoutout to people with coprolalia and/or copropraxia

Shoutout to people with dystonia

Shoutout to people with "ugly" and "weird" tics

Shoutout to people with screaming tics

Shoutout to people who have a bunch of tic attacks

Shoutout to people with tics that "makes others uncomfortable"

Shoutout to people with "annoying" tics

Shoutout to every person with tics

[meowticta]

recently saw post that goes like

''if you are young and going out in public with a mobility aid there probably will be an ''able-bodied'' kid watching you and feeling less alone. and just maybe they might try taking their aid outside, someday.''

(i copied it some parts)

dont wanna derail a post from physically disabled, (even tho i am one i think)

and god i wanna be that, i wanna be that person, that young person who tics and stims in public, who uses disability aids (if thats the correct word!) in public, such as earplugs (god bless that woman i saw in bus that also had the same earplugs that me!), noise cancellation headphones, stim toys, chewelry, etc etc, be ''weird'' in public.

i wanna be that teen that lets other kids know that its okay to be like that, we are different, but everyone is different somehow you know? i wanna let little kids who are also like me, kids who may be different for society that its fucking okay!! for god's sake you dont have to adapt to some perfectionist idea for people, and i understand not being able to.

bc of ableist parents, friends, family, etc, bc of own internalized ableism... but i know someday you will be free, you will tic and stim, and be weird, and be a ''freak''! reclaim the word! and you will shout to the top of the world, to all the people, that you Are Free.! and no one will take that away from you. no one can if you dont let them

i wanna be that teen, i wanna be that kid that is an inspiration for others, not in a ''inspiration porn'' for abled and neurotypical people, but for people like me.. for people who are similar to me, who just know understand how shitty and lovely the world can be, who are learning but dont forget that you will never be alone,

i spent most of the 10 years with my tourettes feeling that i was Alone in this world.

but i am not.

people can be so kind to eachother, people can love so much, and there will be people who will not have the same condition as you, but will support you no matter what, doesnt matter if its online. You have people who care!!!

[tourettictrans]

sometimes when my tics wane i forget i have TS i am just a person with other issues. then my tics wax and i go "oh. right" and continue on

[tic-loud-tic-proud]

The "you only ever talk about your disability!" crowd will never not be funny to me. Yes of course I only talk about my disability on the blog I made exclusively to talk about my disability

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

ADHD & Tourette Syndrome

Personally, I find this very interesting. I never thought ADHD could cooccur/be connected to Tourette Syndrome.

Neurodivergent-insights

[crippledcryptidd]

Happy Tourette syndrome awareness month

[disagoogibility]

i think the worst thing about tourette's is the unpredictability of it,

i can have a few good months, i can have a few good weeks.

i can have good and bad days.

yet i don't know WHEN it's going to happen, when one day i will not be able to walk correctly, again. when one day i won't be able to stop shouting and talking, when one day i will not be able to even hold a glass of water.

and it's scary knowing that one day i can be great! that i have little to zero tics, and one day, my whole body hurts because of the constant movement, and it hurts to talk because of the constant talking and shouting, to spending my whole days in bed after tic attack, exhausted, crying, exhausted.

that's all, i wish people could take it more seriously.

[sammytics]

NOT A HATE POST; PURELY EDUCATIONAL

just saw someone use Functional Tics and Tourette’s interchangeably because their neurologist said they could

and it reminded me of how uneducated doctors are and how many studies need to be done

Right now, the main criteria for functional tics is being a young female with sudden onset of severe tics. Sometimes, these diagnoses are thrown at people without considering past hidden tics, the possibilities of PANS/PANDAS/Lyme, meds/drugs, or just plain organic based tic disorders.

While the difference between functional and organic tics is debated, and feels a bit stigmatizing to those of us with severe tourette’s, you do have to go through a year long period of having tics with Tourette’s, and many functional tic disorders are diagnosed soon after symptoms start; thus making it impossible to interchange with Tourette’s in the first place.

Functional tics are valid and a real diagnosis, but these are just some of my personal thoughts from years of being an advocate in the Tourette’s community and also being someone with FND.

I don’t believe functional tics and Tourette’s should be interchangeable because they are physiologically different and are treated in completely different ways. whereas functional tics may be treated by anti-depressants and therapy, organic tics may be treated by CBIT and non-stimulant adhd meds or meds like Abilify. They’re just really different in nature from what I’ve researched and been told. 🤷

I am not an expert, so take what I say as you want and do your own research 🫶

[cephalosaur]

Give me Sonic Neurodivergency Headcanons

Any and all Sonic characters accepted and demanded.

Note: I'm tagging a few neurotypes, but if you have any ND headcanons that I did not tag, please share.

[fentrashcat]

Omg so today my mom and I were running errands and we pass a sign about shorkie puppies for sale.

We get to talking about them and after saying the name a few times I go off with my "SHORK" tic. So I tell my mom if we get one (we absolutely do not need another dog btw) that we have to name it Shork.

An hour or so later I go off with "shork" again, and my mom is like "see, you do want one." I reply with something along the lines of "Of course Archie (nickname for my Tourette's gremlin) wants one, he just wants another dog to bark at." I've had a tic recently of barking back at dogs, especially my own. It's just one sharp yap but it's kinda embarrassing when I have to fight against barking at the neighbor's dog. So it gets suppressed A LOT when I can.

Mom jokingly replies along the lines of "see, Archie says yes, Archie bark!"

AND I FUCKING BARKED

Mom was mortified but I was cracking up laughing which made her laugh too and we were both like "I can't believe that actually worked"

Looking back it shouldn't be so surprising bc my tics can get triggered by hearing the words or hearing them spelled out, but in the moment it was like shocking that it worked out that way.

Of course my mom was like "see Archie thinks it's a good idea" and I replied "of course he does he's literally my lack of impulse control. If it were up to him we'd have 7 dogs, 8 cats, and a ton of reptiles. That's why we don't let Archie make decisions!"

And right at that moment my right hand fling went off as if to smack the window, which was thankfully open. So now I'm 100% certain my tics are trolling me.

[neurosky]

Hello everyone! A blog with the username @/hidingfromkim has been brought to my attention. They're claiming that people with tics/Tourette's have "demons latching onto unclean spirits," and have accused multiple users of faking their disability.

This is the first time I'm seeing them, but from the responses of other users, this doesn't seem like the first time she's done this. Please report her!! This is incredibly harmful and rude to the community.

[meowticta]

there are days where i can't have a good sleep because i keep ticcing

there are days where i can't draw, or write, or pay attention

i'm afraid one day i will stop dancing because of my tourette's...

there are good months and bad months and i have accepted it, it just hurts sometimes not being able to do what you love