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Tourette’s ‘superhero’ aims to improve understanding of tics

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Jess Thom was diagnosed with Tourette’s when she was in her 20s. Today, she’s taken on an alterego, Tourtette’s Hero, and started a website too, with an aim of improving understanding of Tourette’s and people who have it.

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