If you asked people on the street what Tourette syndrome is, I’d bet my house that most would say it consisted of swearing.
Maybe I am being pessimistic, and things have improved. But we still have work to do to change perceptions whilst understanding that some people do suffer with Coprolalia (tics involving inappropriate words or phrases).
Stats taken from the tic log page:
Below are dedicated articles to the types of tics that can be experienced, depending on how they occur. I am sure there are more, I will do my best to add them when I encounter them.
Clonic – rapid, sudden movement
Tonic – brief muscle tensing without movement
Dystonic – sustained muscle contraction or abnormal postures
Blocking tic – sudden interruption of speech or movement
Mental tics – tics carried out in the mind
Internal tics – tics carried out in the body
Vocal/phonic – random sounds
Vocal/phonic – random words and/or phrases
Echolalia – repeating another person’s words
Palilalia – repeating one’s own words
Coprolalia – inappropriate or offensive words
Copropraxia – inappropriate or offensive gestures
Coprographia – Writing or drawing obscene and inappropriate things
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