ADHD Archives - Tourette Association of America

Happy New Year! Looking back on the last decade, we have made significant strides towards greater understanding, awareness and acceptance of Tourette Syndrome and co-occurring conditions. We continue to extend our footprint across the country with more national events including the Funders Breakfast in New York City, new webinars, increased provider education programming and an expanded Centers of Excellence program. 2020 is also monumental as it marks the return of our biennial National Conference.

December 16, 2019

TAA Supports Telehealth Medicare Coverage Expansion Legislation

https://tourette.org/taa-supports-telehealth-medicare-coverage-expansion-legislation/

The TAA understands the importance of telehealth services for communities across the country. In an effort to improve access and coverage to telehealth for Medicare recipients, the TAA has endorsed the Connect for Health Act. The bill removes barriers and improves telehealth coverage for Medicare through the Social Security Act.

December 10, 2019

12 Days of Giving

https://tourette.org/12-days-of-giving/

As an expression of our gratitude and appreciation for the Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorder community, the Tourette Association of America is launching the 12 Days of Giving. Between December 11 and December 22, we will be giving away TAA apparel, accessories, resources and more.

November 25, 2019

TouretteConnect – November

https://tourette.org/touretteconnect-november2019/

To kick-off the season of giving, we hosted the 2019 annual Gala honoring David Begnaud, Lead National Correspondent for CBS This Morning, on November 18. The event raised more than $850,000 and featured empowering messages from David, TAA Youth Ambassadors Mia Mantei and Jordan Falkenstern, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams, and an amazing performance by the Michael Wolff Trio. We all know the best deals are on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but it's Giving Tuesday that's the most rewarding. For this international day of giving, we are calling on you to join the movement and support the TAA by making a donation, hosting a Facebook fundraiser, or by sharing our important messages throughout the day.

October 18, 2019

TouretteConnect – October

https://tourette.org/touretteconnect-october2019/

It's October, and while many of us are making plans to celebrate Halloween we cannot ignore some important causes the month sheds light upon. October is National Bullying Prevention Month, ADHD Awareness Month and OCD Awareness Week. Tourette Syndrome is an extremely layered and complex disorder and remains so vastly misunderstood among the general public. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and because of this, the TAA partners with like-minded organizations that support our efforts. I encourage you to reflect on your journey with Tourette Syndrome and if you’ve been impacted by any of the above, please send us your personal story to help us join their efforts in elevating awareness for TS and co-occurring conditions.

October 16, 2019

Layers of Tourette Syndrome

https://tourette.org/layers-of-tourette-syndrome/

If there’s one thing Tourette’s knows how to do well, is being unpredictable, and everything changes all the time. For me, tics got relatively worse after my teens, and the (um, literal) pain of it is what shocked me enough to do some digging into “what is up with me”. But, I guess I’m pretty used to ticcing by now. It’s something I’ve done since I was 9, as far as I remember, and it can be annoying, and the absolute worse, but also, just fine. What I never saw coming, though, was how wild the *other* side of Tourette’s would get for me. Because it’s not just tics...

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