Wearing my disability with pride
From: AAAS Science - 07/15/2016
By: Zachary S. Wiersma

"Snap, cluck, snap! The noises rang out in the conference hall. Several
people turned toward me to see what was causing the disturbance. As I walked
down the aisle to join my graduate school labmate, I jerked my head to the
left and snapped my fingers in my right ear, continuing to draw attention to
myself. But when the presentation began, I forgot about how others might see
me. I focused solely on the science, even though I clucked my tongue,
tightened my right calf, and thrust out my right arm throughout the
presentation. None of it was intentional: I suffer from Tourette syndrome
(TS), a neurological condition that compels me to perform involuntary
repetitive movements and vocalizations known as tics. And I wasn't
embarrassed. In fact, after some years of struggling with the potential
negative impact of my TS, I now consider it to be an asset."

Read the entire article at:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6296/318

Submitted by Brianna Blaser