Tourette Syndrome

Recently, the writings of Eric Gaudet of Yakima, WA have been showing up in a couple forums and they’re absolutely brilliant. His condition runs from A to Z but appears to skip over coprolalia and echolalia and he and some of his family members have similar conditions.

One the one hand, our heart goes out to him. On the other hand, his vast writing is so incredibly lucid and factual - a veritable diary - that it’s worth taking the time not simply to educate oneself but to understand and gain a good old fashioned sense of compassion for Tourette’s sufferers; if it weren’t for his suffering and his courage we’d lack so much.

Perhaps this sounds a little sappy, but after swallowing the bitter pill of even acknowledging The Tourette’s Guy, bringing attention to a real Tourette’s Guy who’s candor is making a positive difference, we have to be willing to talk about - and separate - the two.