John Davidson, the Tourette’s syndrome advocate who involuntarily shouted the N-word during the BAFTA Film Awards, said he was “deeply mortified” if anyone thought his outbursts were “intentional.” In ...

Article Summary SNL's "Tourette’s" sketch faces backlash amid ongoing BAFTA controversy over disability and race. The sketch satirizes celebrities like JK Rowling and Mel Gibson using Tourette’s as an ...

This article contains references to suicide and self-harm. At the age of seven, Max was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, a lifelong neurological condition characterised by repetitive, involuntary ...

Contrary to intuition, people who suffer from the motor and vocal tics characteristic of Tourette syndrome actually perform behavioral tests of cognitive motor control more accurately and quickly than ...

Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson has issued a statement after his racial slur at the BAFTA Film Awards dominated the aftermath of the ceremony. Read the statement in full below. In a ...

Tourette's syndrome (also called Tourette) is a chronic neurological disorder that causes people to have involuntary motor and vocal tics, according to the Mayo Clinic. These repetitive movements can ...

A leading charity dedicated to supporting people with Tourette syndrome is furious that NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" brought negative attention to the neurological condition, suggesting it’s "not a ...

The audience member with Tourette syndrome who shouted a racial slur during a broadcast of the 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) issued a statement expressing mortification about the incident ...

In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction, ...

Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson has issued an emotional statement following a deeply distressing moment during Sunday night’s EE BAFTA Film Awards, after an involuntary verbal tic was heard during ...