Tourette's Disease is a disorder near and dear to me; it's surprising how common it is, yet at the same time sooooooooooooooooooooo misunderstood. Tics can be anything from repetitive eye squinting to complex movements to vocalizations. I saw the video (ran across it by happenstance) on youtube and thought they did a really good job. Tourette's is caused by too many alleles (copies) of 2 dopamine receptor genes (DRD1 & DRD4).
Some well known people you probably never knew had or have Tourette's:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dan Ackroyd, Jim Eisenreich (major league baseball), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (NBA), Steve Wallace (NASCAR).
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