SPOTLIGHT
the Truth About Tourette’s Story By Natalie Melendez | Design By Jenae Harris
Billie Eilish made headlines in November 2018 when a YouTube video of her surfaced, displaying abnormal facial tics. Eilish set the record straight via Instagram and confessed that she has Tourette’s syndrome. “I’ve just never wanted people to think of Tourette’s every time they think of me,” says Eilish. “I wasn’t planning on talking about this on here maybe ever, but it’s gotten to a point.” For many generations, Tourette’s has been a heavily stigmatized neurological disorder. A lot of misinformation about Tourette’s has lead people to believe that it is a very debilitating disorder, involving extreme body movements and screaming curse words, according to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
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SPRING 2019 | ISSUE TWO