Various things I have learned about my Tourette's Syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome and Autism.

The 2009 Tourette's/Asperger's End of Year Report

I have been charting my tics this year in order to try and find a way of making them more manageable.  What I have found is that in order to minimise the really aggressive tics, I should pay attention to my emotional state as it pertains to the environment.

The more angry I get at seemingly trivial things, the more I need to vanish into a dark room and sit on my own.  The following day I will have a tic day but they will be less aggressive (I won't be hitting myself and falling over so much).

It's taken a bloody year to figure that out!!

To everyone that has family with Tourette's, I cannot stress enough the importance of charting the tics, noting especially the environmental factors when the tics occur.  This will make it easier to see what can be done to minimise distress.

Autism, Tourettes and: The Nervous system

Temple Grandin once said she had the nervous system of a prey animal ... I couldn't agree more and here's why ...

Autism, Tourettes and: The exciting meal

Well, what can I say, it seems that excitement and anxiety are the same physiological process.  I couldn't have imagined that a particularly well put together meal could possibly trigger a head slapping, colourful expletive session.

Tourette's eh?!

Autism, Tourette's and: Unpredictability

The physical effects of prolonged unpredictability on my Aspergery self.

Autism, Tourette's and: The People Quota

Building up sensory tolerance and taking measure's to enable a 'smoother' experience of people. Utilising  the'the dark room'.