07/06/2026
🩵 Tourette Syndrome (TS) is more common than many other conditions and experiences that get a lot more airtime. It impacts children, teenagers and adults, and can vary in intensity for different individuals, as well as over time in or different circumstances (i.e. when feeling anxious or stressed) by way of tics or involuntary movements.
Folks with TS are often misunderstood and stigmatised, particularly due to harmful stereotypes and inaccurate media portrayals. Living with TS can mean navigating judgement, unwanted attention, masking, exhaustion from suppressing tics, or feeling pressure to appear “less noticeable” in public spaces.
This World Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day, we want to remind our community that awareness goes beyond recognising a diagnosis. It means challenging our assumptions to create a more inclusive world makes room for different ways of moving, sounding, communicating, and regulating. 🩵
