These last few days have sucked for those of us with Tourette’s

I’ve dealt with this condition for almost 20 years, most days it doesn’t bother me too much anymore because my tics are at least somewhat managed by medications. But the BAFTAs situation has been hard on those of us with this disability.

I have mostly physical tics plus minor coprolalia, nothing like what John Davidson deals with but still frustrating in its own right. These last few days since the incident at the BAFTAs, I’ve seen countless people online saying people with this disability should be segregated, muzzled, that we shouldn’t go out in public, just awful things that show how little our society cares for people like us.

I don’t really know why I’m posting here. I guess I’m just frustrated that people don’t give a crap about understanding Tourette’s. I’ve literally dealt with this condition since I was a child and this is the first time I’ve felt like people hate people like me for a disability that I have no control over.