My friend Bernadette appeared in Saturday’s Bainbridge Island Review
Sometimes half the battle is understanding what you face.
Children with Tourette Syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary motor and vocal tics, are often misdiagnosed for years.
TS sufferers can be misinterpreted as “troublemakers†who want to draw attention to themselves. But that’s the last thing they want, explains islander Bernadette Witty.
Witty knows; she was not diagnosed with TS until age 32.
