ROY — Have you ever had to sneeze or cough while trying to keep it in? It’s tough, but that’s how it feels when a child with Tourette syndrome tries to stifle an impulse to shout or sometimes even yelling obscenities. Now, one Utah junior high is making sure a student’s tic disorder doesn’t hold her back.
Loud barking and cursing during a history lecture normally gets a student kicked out of class. But Sand Ridge Junior High student Brooklyn Eastman’s behavior is considered “normal” for her. Three years ago, Brooklyn was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.
When the eighth-grader yells profanities in class, she says classmates and teachers know “Oh, it’s just Brooklyn, she’s not crazy.”
