Leftwing Idiot’s back in London. He’s been away for a bit, so to celebrate his return I took round too much Indian food and his Christmas present. Leftwing Idiot’s been a good friend for many years and he’s given me masses of support.…

It’s Celebrity Big Brother time again and the house has welcomed its second person with Tourettes. This year Basshunter (Jonas Altberg) is a housemate.

The first Big Brother contestant with Tourettes was Pete Bennett back in 2006 and he went on to win.…

One of my most frequent tics at the moment is “Dog” and its variants “Dog food” and “Dogging” – they’re occurring pretty much constantly.

This evening I was on a bendy bus and a woman got on with her partner and their dog.…

At the end of the last year I worked on a project with my friend Gurpreet to help a primary school re-design its playground. Along with their teachers, Gurpreet and I worked with children in every class to help them come up with ideas and make models of the sort of structures and equipment they wanted.…

This evening I listened to some more of the recording I made when I was on my own a week ago.

One of the very few interactions was with a man I bumped into on the street when I’d popped out to get some food.…

London is still, or at least very slow, because it’s been snowing heavily. I’m not still, but that’s normal for me. The snow’s given me an unexpected day off so I’ve decided to listen to and transcribe the recording I made of myself on New Year’s Day.…

For the last five years I’ve kept track of my regular tics, the ones I say or do over and over again (for months or even years on end). Up until now though, I’ve never paid much attention to the tics I don’t repeat all the time.…

I went back to work today after a few days off over New Year. I work in a team that supports families bringing up children with Autism, which is a lifelong developmental disability. The children I support also have Severe Learning Difficulties and they’ve been referred to our team because they have challenging behaviour as well.…

Despite my superhero status, I’m not really the ‘lone vigilante’ type. Many of my friends and family will be cropping up throughout the blog. Today I’m going to introduce three of them who you should know about from the start:

Leftwing Idiot:
Leftwing Idiot is my neighbour and a close friend.…

Welcome to Touretteshero!

www.touretteshero.com is a place to share and celebrate the creativity and humour of Tourettes. It’s not about mocking or commiserating. It’s about reclaiming the most frequently misunderstood syndrome on the planet.

I am Touretteshero, a superhero with Tourettes Syndrome.…