Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Davidson, the Scottish Tourette’s syndrome activist and real-life inspiration for “I Swear,” was thrust into the spotlight at ...

Baftas host Alan Cumming issued an apology during Sunday night’s ceremony after a guest with Tourette’s syndrome experienced a number of tics – including shouting expletives and a racial slur – from ...

John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic I Swear, involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb.

Jess Thom (left) and Jess Mabel Jones from Thom's show, Backstage in Biscuit Land. Thom's website says she's "changing the world, one tic at a time." Jess Thom says the word "biscuit" about 16,000 ...

Baylen Dupree was officially diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome just ahead of her 18th birthday, though she'd already been experiencing the tics for years. Looking back, her involuntary movements and ...

The BBC has confirmed that it will be censoring an utterance of the N-word by an audience member with Tourette’s at this year’s Baftas in its iPlayer coverage of the event. On Sunday night, Tourette’s ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rena Zito, Elon University (THE CONVERSATION) John Davidson, whose life inspired the ...