The Tourette Syndrome Association’s website now offers a 3 hour webstream version of the Newly Diagnosed Seminar filmed at the TSA National Conference in April 2006. Dr. John T. Walkup, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and Chairman of the Tourette Syndrome Association’s Medical Advisory Board, presented an all-day program attended by family members, professionals, and persons newly diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. The program is recommended for viewing by families and professionals alike.

The webstream is divided into 3 segments of roughly 1 hour each, with video and slide show running in tandem. Viewers are able to download and print a slide handout. There are two online Surveys, for either Family or Medical/Professional viewers to complete. Family viewers are urged to share this video with members of their Medical and Allied Professional treatment team. The program was made possible through the continuing partnership of the TSA and the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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An inspirational speech given by Brad Cohen

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Josh has Tourette’s Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal outbursts.

“It feels like there’s a big balloon inside my stomach. And the balloon keeps growing bigger and bigger, like every second extra the tic stays inside it feels like somebody blows up the balloon another notch, until I let it out.”

Josh’s Diary was part of the Teenage Diaries series produced by Joe Richman/Radio Diaries. The series was originally broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered.

Length 13:52