Natalie Davidson is the only teacher in the UK with coprolalia — a rare form of Tourette's Syndrome that causes her to swear. After leaving behind her job at a Birmingham comprehensive, she’s embarking on her toughest challenge yet — to help ...
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Natalie Davidson is the only teacher in the UK with coprolalia — a rare form of Tourette's Syndrome that causes her to swear. After leaving behind her job at a Birmingham comprehensive, she’s embarking on her toughest challenge yet — to help people with some of the most extreme cases of Tourette’s find acceptance in the workplace. It’s a challenging and emotional journey to change the perception of this much-misunderstood condition, especially when there is an explosion of interest in so-called "ticcing for TikTok." But could an extraordinary new invention potentially offer her the chance to finally tame her tics, and live a "normal" life? Natalie’s journey sees her travel Britain. In Brighton, the much-loved Big Brother winner Pete Bennett shares the highs and lows of living with Tourette’s in the public eye. In The Wirral, Natalie meets 17-year-old Josh, who has such extreme physical tics that he has destroyed televisions and slow-cookers and given himself concussions. Can Natalie help him achieve his dream of working in the music industry? And in Surrey, 20-year-old Lauren has beaten the odds to work in hospitality and has turned her local pub into a Tourette’s friendly zone. But she’s also part of a controversial new generation who are creating social media content around their condition, in a trend that is causing fierce debate within the Tourette’s community. Are these influencers educating the public, or encouraging them to laugh at a disability? And can Natalie and Lauren find common ground? At the University of Nottingham, Natalie tests a pioneering piece of wearable technology that could be a game-changer for the Tourette’s community, and potentially make their more explosive tics, a thing of the past…
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