This brilliant video by Mica, @PonderfulYT, is as clear an explanation as you’ll find of the neurodiversity movement, neurodivergence and neurotypicality, and their relation to disability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iicSLx19pc

And it’s not just good because Boba tries to steal the show! 😻

#NeurodiversityMovement #neurodiversity #neurodiverse
#neurodivergence #neurodivergent
#neurotypicality #neurotypical
#disability #disabled

#ADHD #anxiety #aphantasia #autism #bipolar #BPD #BrainDisease #BrainInjury #cPTSD #depression #dyscalculia #dyslexia #dyspraxia #hyperphantasia #LearningDisability #OCD #PTSD #SDAM #Tourettes

I don't know if people see #Tourettes as something that can hurt. It does for me sometimes. Some of my recent tics are a bit hard on my joints and tendons. It starts to hurt with enough repetition. The pain doesn't necessarily discourage the tics either. Sometimes it prolongs them because stress makes Tourette's worse.

I also have a tic that swings my elbow, sometimes slamming it into a nearby wall.

#neurodivergent

Around the age of 45 I developed and was diagnosed with quite profound Gilles de Tourette syndrome, verbal and physical. Adult onset of this is vanishingly rare. It is highly comorbid with ADD/ADHD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome

I feel this may explain why my childhood echoed with repeated instructions to “pay attention” and “concentrate”.

#education #tourettes

"Two stories. One a lie; an exercise in myth-making and disinformation. The other, the plain and simple objective truth.

Both tell us everything we need to know about young people in this country. One shows us how our kids are falsely – cruelly – perceived and portrayed; whilst the other, crucially, reveals what young people are really like, & gives us an honest measure of their attitudes and values."

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/23614284.cat-children-lewis-capaldi-truth-todays-kids/

#CatChildren #Lies #LewisCapaldi #Kindness #YoungPeople #Tourettes

For the newest call for pitches to our Sparks of Change collection, we would like to hear from neurodivergent researchers. If you have a story about a specific moment that was defining for you as a neurodivergent individual navigating the academic world, get in touch here: https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/47660a12/call-for-pitches-neurodiversity-in-academia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
#ScienceWriting #Neurodiversity #Autism #Dyscalculia #Dyspraxia #Dyslexia #ADHD #Tourettes

#Tourettes can suck my ass. +3hour tic attack was fecking horrible. I feel utterly exhausted and sore. It's only gonna be worse tomorrow. It's still nothing like what happened at SC 2018 but it still doesn't feel good. Thank fuck for medication.

Ik kijk naar de docu How I’m Feeling Now (Netflix) over de Schotse singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. Hij werkt aan zijn tweede album en is als de dood dat hij het nivo van zijn eerste niet haalt. Niet zo’n goede docu, wel ontroerend.

Helaas vertalen ze twitch (tic) als stuiptrekking.

#tourette #tourettes

Ik kijk naar de docu How I’m Feeling Now (Netflix) over de Schotse singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. Hij werkt aan zijn tweede album en is als de dood dat hij het nivo van zijn eerste niet haalt.

Helaas vertalen ze twitch (tic) als stuiptrekking.

#tourette #tourettes

I'm not just pursuing tech because I love to code and love technology. I've had some horrifying experiences as a neurodivergent individual in various workplaces. From employers saying they don't want someone with Tourettes syndrome in the workplace and a manager even getting physical with me out of frustration because I couldn't take orders and make coffee at the same time during a rush.

#neurodivergent #tourettes #adhd #tech #softwaredevelopment

Going to my first tech meetup. Hopefully I can make some friends. As a neurodivergant individual I've really struggled to make friends throughout my 20's. Especially since so much of my 20's was moving to different states and just trying to survive. I'm hoping to change things as I turned 30 this year and want to turn my life around. I shouldn't be so isolated.

#tech #meetup #friends #adhd #tourettes

@shanselman #camraOn I notice that I feel my #tourettes #tics when I'm on #onCamera.

I'm trying to be on camera more but it is a struggle sometimes.

We are officially an On Camera culture here @ work, but I notice that most of the other #devs don't cooperate either.

#hanselMinutes #885

along the street

-

i'm fine
i'm fine
i'm fine
please believe me
(i'm not fine
but there's nothing
you
can do about it)
i can't help it
that i move this way
please believe me
i'm just trying to walk here
i'm fine
i'm fine
i'm fine
i promise that i'm fine
i'm okay
(please believe me)
i'm okay
i'm okay
i'm okay
(i'm praying
you'll believe me)
i'm fine
i'm fine

i just can't
stay
still

-

#poetry #disability #tourettes

And these were just the highlights of #Tourettes deciding to be Active for about 30 minutes in the middle of the night because why not amiright. I'm just glad tics didn't dump my water, or the water I mixed up for @kabrams, all over. 😅 Or throw my phone... heh.

(Can I call it the middle of the night if I haven't slept yet? Lol.)

I got up to use the bathroom and #Tourettes decided to:

—screech-scream and startle the absolute shit out of @kabrams, who had not even registered I was there til this (hyperfocus!)

—unhinged vocal #tic of "taquitos por el llamas" (apparently my Spanish accent is quite good when I tic in Spanish? 🤪🤣🤣)

—throw an (unopened) propel packet behind the freezer

—agitate my water by banging it on the sink instead of swirling the bottle like usual

RT @touretteshero
Today’s real #Tourettes: “Did you get a drystone wall wet with excitement?” #Dailyoutburst

Just read something that has compelled me to toot:

#Tourettes is NOT a “mental illness.” It’s a #NeurologicalDisorder.

#EndTheStigma

Question for the #CFS #Fibromyalgia crowd:

How can we tell if it's #LongCOVID, or just a worsening of our symptoms? I had #COVID maybe 3 months ago, and starting about a month or so ago, my #fatigue is worse than I can ever remember. I think my sense of taste & smell has finally been affected (which is odd, because while I was sick, it was normal).

It's just crap going through this, because fatigue makes #Tourettes much worse for me. I'm having melt downs, and spasms on a daily basis. 😞

Finally made it back to choir after failing to cope with it late last year due to anxiety. Tourettes was being a douche though relatively quite a lot of motor tics which made it hard to join in. Now I need to find a coloured transparent folder/poly pocket to put the sheet in so the white paper isn't giving me a headache or migraine. Tinted glasses help but they aren't the whole solution. #Tourettes #chronicillness #multiplesclerosis #NEISvoid

[Automatic repost https://twitter.com/dystobot/status/1627323406285668353]

RT @ItsLifesATwitch: ✨NEW VIDEO✨ out now!!!!💘

Join me for this video full of dystonic tics, pain, and ~learning~.

My life with #Tourettes is one full of shenanigans! 🤪

https://t.co/sGkPhMJi5o

I swapped my tourettes medications at the start of the year and upped the dose two weeks ago.
I'm finally awake and asleep at normal times again, after two years of sleeping 16hours a day on average. I just assumed it was MS related fatigue and accepted this was my life.
It didn't occur to me that my medication could be causing the issue. I'm so glad I changed.

#chronicillness #multiplesclerosis #Tourettes #NEISvoid