Items of Interest

Items of Interest

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"Front of the Class" DVD

The national Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. is very excited to announce the official DVD release of the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, Front of the Class, the true story of a young man's struggles with and triumph over Tourette Syndrome (TS) to become an award-winning teacher.

The DVD is available exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown Stores nationwide. If the store nearest you does not have the DVD in stock, they will be able to order it for you. Unfortunately, the DVD is not available for online purchase or from TSA.

Nearly 12 million people watched the CBS premiere of Front of the Class on December 7, 2008, based on Brad Cohen's award-winning book, "Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had." This poignant film is an accurate and inspiring depiction of this much misunderstood neurological disorder. The adult Brad is played by Jimmy Wolk (The Spiral Project) and young Brad is played by Dominic Scott Kay (Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End). Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Treat Williams (Everwood) play Brad's parents. The DVD also features special "making-of" extra footage.

TSA highly encourages all schools across the country to include this film as part of their curriculum to help students learn not only about TS, but also to foster an understanding and acceptance of all those living with any disability. To that end, TSA has created an accompanying Teacher's Guide for educators to utilize in their classrooms. The Teacher's Guide is available, at no charge, on the TSA website here.

*New* TS Movie

New Theatrical Release "Phoebe in Wonderland"

Features Actress Elle Fanning as a Young Girl with Tourette Syndrome

Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman, Patricia Clarkson and Campbell Scott also star in this imaginative feature film

Phoebe in Wonderland 2

The national Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. would like to inform you of the theatrical release of Phoebe in Wonderland on Friday, March 6. This fictional, highly creative story features Elle Fanning as the title character, Phoebe, who has Tourette Syndrome. Although TS is not the main focus of the film, the disorder plays an important role in the character's development and impacts the people around her.

The Curious Mind of Eric Tofsted

Hello,

My name is Eric Tofsted and I've been living with Tourette's since I was 16. It's been five years now since I was diagnosed with Tourette's. I recently made a book about what it's like for me to live with Tourette's. I took the form of a picture book and used it to express artistically how I feel and what my thought process is like sometimes.

Here is a link to a 15 page preview of the 20 page book: http://www.blurb.com/user/alien4

I really want to send the message out there that Tourette's patients are not alone, that they can use this book as a means to uncover their own inner feelings about having the syndrome.

Thanks,
Eric Tofsted

A Tourette Syndrome Genetics Study

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Do You Have A Story To Share?

My name is Chris Mason. I have Tourette's Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I am writing a book that includes short stories of people who have Tourettes Syndrome. This book will be similar to the "Chicken Soup" series. Stories can be written by people of any age, as long as the person who wrote the story is the person who actually has Tourettes. I will be sending, people who are interested, a disclosure form to sign and return to me. This form must be signed in order for me to include your story. Each person, whose story I use, will be compensated. Compensation will depend on royalties from sales of the book. Please email me if you are interested in finding out more about this project. Most people have been misinformed about Tourettes. It is time to let them know the truth. My email is: cmason@astound.net

Johns Hopkins Tourette Syndrome Research Study Advertisement

Brain Imaging Research Studies

We are currently conducting two brain imaging studies to learn more about the roles of two brain chemicals (dopamine and serotonin) in Tourette's syndrome

and obsessive-compulsive disorder (aGO). People with Tourette's syndrome (TS), people with TS and aGO, people with aGO, and healthy people without

aGO and without TS, ages 18 to 70 years are needed to participate in brain imaging research studies performed at The Johns Hopkins University and

supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Participants will be asked to take part in 1) comprehensive physical, psychological, psychiatric, and neurological examinations, 2) positron emission

tomography (PET) scans, and 3) a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Participants will receive compensation for participating in a study.

To learn more and have your questions answered, contact: Dr. James Brasic at 410-955-8354 or Mr. Stephen Condouris at 410-955-8501.

Note: By contacting the investigators, you are in no way obligated to participate.

Principal Investigator: Dean F. Wong, M.D., Ph.D. JHM IRB Protocols #s: 98-11-29-04 and 94-06-21-05