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Mixed Up Sun

 Great info about TS (pg 39) was undermined by Rod Liddle's immature ranting in the Sun (12/01/12). So we say:

 "The problem with Rod Liddle, who's enjoying a laugh at people with Tourette Syndrome, is that he hasn't got much courage. He longs for the days before 'political correctness' stopped us mocking minorities and people with disabilities.  Trouble is times have changed and laughing at people with Downs Syndrome or Cerebral Palsy or Jews would get him hated, or worse. Isn't it nice for him there are a few 'soft' targets left like people whose lives are made miserable by Tourette Syndrome".

PM's Gaffe

Tourettes Action was saddened and angered by the comment of the PM this weekend.  Especially because he showed a complete misunderstanding of this complex condition and the effect that it has on people’s lives.

We encourage everyone to write to the PM and their MP expressing their own concerns on the matter and explaining how this condition affects your lives. To write to Mr Cameron, please find contact details on the Number 10 website.  You can find a link here to find your MP. 

You might like to make the point that the lack of understanding about the inability to stop ticcing, however important the occasion, is central to people finding the condition funny and it isn’t. Explain how it affects you or your family. You might also like to mention that his comment focuses on the feelings of the observer rather than the person living with TS. 

If you are a political animal you  might also say something about the proposed changes to the health service, benefits and access to treatment which are all being driven by a man who clearly doesn’t understand the lives of the people living with such a condition.

Please also visit our online petition at https://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/nojoke and add your name to the growing number who do not wish to see TS treated as a joke.

*** Chief Executive Suzanne Dobson speaks to BBC Radio Surrey (interview starts 1hr 7mins into programme.***

*** Tourettes Action comments on BBC Radio Devon (topic starts 35 minutes into programme.***

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