Shortland Street and Tourette Syndrome

Shortland Street's new character has Tourette Syndrome - click here to read about it. I must admit to be being very nervous about this character as in the introduction on the Shortland Street page they introduce TS as "Angus Phelps (Elliot Christensen-Yule) is no ordinary teen. He suffers from Tourette's syndrome, an inherited neurological disorder with symptoms that include involuntary movements and swearing". Now what I have issues with is 1 word "swearing" The truth is less that 10% of people with TS have coprolalia so why not say the truth Angus Phelps (Elliot Christensen-Yule) is no ordinary teen. He suffers from Tourette's syndrome, an inherited neurological disorder with symptoms that include involuntary movements and sounds. Easy as change the word swearing to sounds.

Ok that's it for now but I am sure I will be back.......