TSA NEWSLETTERS INDEX

Issue 4/95 (December 1995)

- The Plum (a poem)

- Understanding Coprolalia

Issue 3/96

- Support Group Formation

- Special Interest Boards

- School News

- Avoiding Homework Hassles

- USA Conference Report

Issue 1/97

- Good Guy, Foul Mouth

- Studies Pinpoint Region of Brain Implicated in TS

- The Patches Controversy

- Dealing with ADD & Oppositional Behaviour

- Vitamin Mineral Treatment

- International Symposium

- TS Awareness Week

- Tourettes Terror

- Life in the Day of Raymond

Issue 2/97

- I’m bit a ‘sufferer’ – I’m extremely happy with TS!

- Research Opportunities

- The Genetics of TS

- Special Provisions for Students with Disabilities

Issue 1998

- Infections and TS (Prof Sachdev)

- Special Needs Children, Parents are the Experts

- Brain Antibodies Provide New Clues to Origin of TS

- Good Guys, Bad Guys

- Emails for Travis (Reuben, A Portrait of TS)

Issue June 1999

- Marea Whitley at Parramatta during TS Week

- Q & A about TS “An American Perspective”

- Internet Addresses

- Alternative & Complimentary Therapies for TS

- “Rage Attacks” by Leslie Packer, PhD

Issue December 1999

- From my Heart to Yours

- TS Internet Sites

- News on Genetic Research

- To Medicate or Not to Medicate

- ADD in Adults (Northern Beaches Disabilities Support Group)

- Serenity Prayer

- I Never Talk About It

Issue April 2000

- Rebekah Dunn – The Effect of Family Environment on the Waxing and Waning of TS’s Symptons in Children

- The Medicinal Value of Nicotine

- Some Thoughts which May Help in Guiding Children

- “The Mozart Effect” Book Review

- OCD & Panic

- Taking About TS

- Sibling Accounts of ADHD

- Drug Information on the Web

Issue August 2000

- Alternative Therapies

- Gingko Bilboa

- Disability Services

- Snipets from TSA USA (7^th Heaven & Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo)

- “Sick” (I cannot go to school today)

- “Syndrome Holds Many Prisoners” – News Article

Issue November 2000

- Internet Sites

- ADDult News

- Survival Kits – Starting a New School

- What Makes Ryan Tic

- Tic Attack (new brochure produced by TSA Victoria)

- Doctors Lists

- TSA USA News

- Formation of New Support Groups

- ADHD in the Third Millenium

Issue February 2001

- Awards for TS Program “Betwitched”

- Whispers on the Web: www.sonic.net/echolaliapress/molly.html - Childrens TS Stories

- Education Guide

- Doctor’s Spot! Q&A with Prof Sachdev

- TS - My Story

- Reviews - Motherless In Brooklyn

- - Ryan – A Mother’s Story of her Hyperactive/ Child

- - The Tic Code

- “Prisoner” by Thai Williams

Issue May 2001

- Whispers on the Web: www.tsanj.org/ - TSA New Jersey

- Letters/Counsellor Kate

- Canadian Symposium on Tourettes

- Support Group Happenings

- Funny Stories/Reviews: Tourettes Syndrome – The Facts

Living with Tourettes Syndrome, Ally McBeal - A Neurologist’s Notebook - Part 1 by Oliver Sacks MD

Issue August 2001

- Whispers on the Web: www.shsu.edu/~counsel/relaxation.html

- Reviews: “Icy Sparks ” by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

- A Dentist’s Presentation

- Childhood TS Tends to Improve Over Time

- A Volunteer (poem)

- Greeting From Around the Globe

- A Neurologist’s Notebook – Part 2 by Oliver Sacks MD

- Useful Guidelines in Helping Someone Who Has Depression

Issue November 2001

- Whispers on the Web: www.tourettesyndrome.net – Full of info & stories on TS

- Reviews: “Motherless in Brooklyn ” by Jonathan Lethem

- “I have Arthritis, You Have Tourettes, So What?

- OCD Support Groups

- News From Around The World

Issue March 2002

- Whispers on the Web: KIDSMOVE.org : info on movement disorders

- Reviews - Wild Child by Don Mordasini, MA, MFT

- - Smart But Stuck by Myrna Orenstein, PhD

- Nicotine and TS

- New Videos - You’ve Got a Friend

- - Kids Tell It Best

- New Special Education Centre Proposal

- Learning Difficulties Coalition Parent Helpline

- TS Symposium Newcastle May 2004

- Farewell Bernie Hussey

- Speech for Volunteer Recognition and Alert Family Event

Issue May 2002

- Whispers on the Web – KIDSMOVE.org

- Reviews – Angry Kids, Frustrated Parents: Practical Ways to

- Prevent & Reduce Aggression in Your Child

- by Terry L Hyland & Jerry David Ph.D

- What To Do If You Think Your Child Has Tourette Symdrome

- Teens and Tourette Syndrome

Issue August 2002

- Whispers on the Net - www.ninemsn.com.au

- - www.latitudes.org

- Reviews - An Australian Book by Benjamin Polis

- - Taking Tourette Syndrome To School by Tina Krueger

- - Ryan, A Mother’s Story of Her Hyperactive/TS Child

- by Susan Hughes

- An Interview with Chris Robson – N.Y. Marathon Fund Raiser

- They Call Me a Freak of Nature

- Dr John Anderson, Clinical Psychophysiologist

- TS and Repeated Anger Generated Episodes

Issue November 2002

- Reviews - Music in the Midst of Chaos – One Family’s Saga on the

Human Rights Battlefield by Jean Conklin

- Sing Me One Song of Evolution (poetry) by Vernon Frazer

- Relics’s Reunion by Vernon Frazer

- Helping Your Anxious Child

- Whispers on the Net - www.det.nsw.edu.au/eas/youth

- - www.ldcoalitionnsw

- More Book Reviews – I Count the Tide – A book for people with

- Obsessive compulsive disorder

- Epidemic of Autism Mystifies Experts

Issue February 2003

- Whispers on the Net : www.icongrouponline.com/health/Tourette_Syndrome.html

Useful information on virtually all topics related to TS

- www.newentertainment.se/trailer83.html – Trailer of a witty,

- funny, romantic comedy about love, trust, tics and life

- in Sweden .

- Reviews: Getting Personal – Stories of Life with TS

- Getting Control – A Self-help manual for OCD BY Dr Lee Baer

- George Gilles de la Tourette – Life and Work by Hermann Kramer

Tourette’s Syndrome – An article by Dr James F. Leckman, MD

- School Day Blues – First Term tips

- The Relationship Between Substance Abuse (Primarily Cannabis and ADHD)

- “Not Just Ticked Off…..”

- Problem Behaviours & TS

- Tourette Syndrome and Caring

- TS Symposium ( Wollongong )

Issue May 2003

- Reviews: Attention Deficit Disorder – Only a Mother Could Love Him

- By Ben Polis

- I Count the Tide – by Melinda Fitzgerald

Tictionary – A resource guide on TS, Asperger Syndrome,

ADHD and OCD

- Children with TS given special showing of Harry Potter film

- Actors Dreyfuss and Draper call on Congress for action on TS

- To Medicate or Not to Medicate

- Coping Strategies: In School, On the Job

Issue August/September 2003

- Reviews: A Cursing Brain? The History of TS by Howard I. Kushner

Making Allowances – Personal accounts of TS by Chris Mansley

- United Land Man of Rare Courage by Oliver Kay

- Interview with Tim Morrissey President of TSA Victoria on ABC Radio

- Online – www.medicinesline.com.au - new medicines information line

for consumers

- www.planettic.com – fun new website launched in the US for

TS awareness month with great graphics

- Community Champion Finishes Gruelling City to Surf Race

- 10 Most Important Invitations to Extend to Children

- Opposition at its Roots

Issue November 2003

- Reviews: “Making Allowances” Personal Accounts of TS compiled by

Chris Mansley

- Linda’s Story – A Mothers Account of her Daughter Jenna and her TS

- Caffeine and Add

- But Mum … I cant’s help it

- A recent letter from Melissa

- The Ideal Teacher

- “No Way, Which Way?” by Dr Jeni Wilson - New interactive CD Rom on TS

produced by TSA Victoria

- Medicines Line – A New Information Service – 1300 888 763

- Inquiry into Early Intervention for Children with Learning Difficulties

- Age Activated ADD

Issue – February 2004

- TSAA Annual Christmas Picnic 2003

- Visit “Life’s A Twitch!” at http://www.lifesatwitch.com by Dr B. Duncan, Psychologist

- Techniques for Dealing with the High Stimulation/Arousal Individaul

- Real Life 1 (Connor)

- Telling People about your TS

- Real Life 2 - TS Tics are like Cheesecake Cravings

- I Can’t Control What I Say and Do

- Review: “Nobody Nowhere” by Donna Williams

Outside Your Door – A witty, funny, romantic comedy about love,

Trust, tics and life in Sweden

- For the Adult with Tourette: TS in Adult Life

TS in the Workplace1

- Botox Treats Tics Research Summary

- Acupuncture

- Real Life 3 – Mother Describes How Acupuncture Has Relieved Her 11-Yr Old

Son’s Tourette’s Tics

Issue – May 2004

- Real Life 1 – Discovering your TS at 55 yrs old

- Effective Discipline

- Real Life 2 – A son with TS and OCD

- I Can’t Help Pulling Faces by Kathy Burns

- Deep Brain Stimulation and TS

- ADHD Brain Abnormality Found

- Real Life 3

- On Perfectionism

- Review: “Blackbird” by Marea Whitley

- TS In the Workplace 2

Issue – August 2004

- Parenting a Child with OCD – Sorting Strategies for Parents

- Achievements for 2004

- Out of Control – Jeni Wilson talks about her son Madison and his TS

- Putting the Brakes on … Organizational Difficulties!

- TS Symposium 2004 in Orange

- TSAA Tenpin Family Fun Day

- Other Associations and Groups

- Dealing With Distraction: College/University Classes

- Why Is He Pulling Faces?

- Race Day and Team Tourette – City to Surf

Issue – December 2004

- TSAA Annual Picnic at Jamberoo

- 30 Common Positive Aspects of Disinhibition Disorders

- Anger Management

- A Healthy Attitude Toward’s Tourette’s (a personal story)

- Long Acting Medications

- Bananas (a natural remedy)

- Parenting in Troubled Times

- Tips for Reducing Anxiety

- ‘No Way, Which Way?’ Learning with Tourette Syndrome (Interactive CD)

- Achievements for 2004

- I Know What Makes Him Tick…. and tic!! (a personal story)

Issue – March 2005

- Communicating with Teachers

- Parent/Teacher Tips

- The Upside and Downside of TS in the Media

- Excess Teacher Talk Swamps Kids

- Changing Bad Feelings

- Sodium Bicarbonate

- A Double Blind, Placebo (Controlled Study of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

- Does Stimulant Therapy Beget Substance Abuse?

- Book Review “Quit It” by Marcia Byalick

- Help for Teens and Adolescents

- What is a Learning Disability?

Issue – May 2005

- A TS/ADHD/OCD Child’s – Bill of Rights

- Acronyms used by DET (Dept of Education and Training!)

- The Cold Loneliness of the Tourette, a poem by Daniel North

- More than Hyperactivity with Diet in Susceptible People

- Helpful Hints to take the Anxiety out of Doctor Visits

- Does your TS Child also have Oppositinal Defiance Disorder

- The Ties That Bind: Anxiety and Sleep

- Welcome to Holland – the journey of raising a child with a disability

- The Importance of TS Education

- MEGA TOUR 2005

Issue - August 2005

- Report on 3^rd National Conference in Brisbane

- Financial Statement 2004-2005

- Princess Beatrice – Brave Bea Goes Public about her Dyslexia

- Hormones: How do they affect Anxiety in Women?

- Physical Sensitivity Support Strategies

- Little Known Secrets to Conquering your Fears and Worries

- Living Life to the Full – Mark Jackson and Luke Schubert

- Help Make Pedalling Pay – The Dixon Family Cycle for TS

- Tic Disorder – A Complex Picture

- TSAA Ten Pin Bowling 2005

- Without a Trace – The benefits of Iodine

- New Life Skills Programs Offered

- Tutorial Voucher Initiative (TVI)

- Neve Campbell joins TSA campaign

Issue – December 2005

- Tips for Success

- Motivation

- What’s wrong with me, Mum

- A Boy not a Syndrome

- “I Have TS but TS doesn’t Have Me” DVD

- My Journey through Life with TS and OCD

- Shutting Out Tourette Syndrome – Tim Howard, Man United Goalie

- TSAA 3^rd National Conference Brisbane Photos

- Health Benefits of Laughter

- The Esteem Octopus

- I Can’t Stop Barking during Sex

Issue - February 2006

- Justin Greet

- TSAA votes to educate NSW schools

- New DVD from TSA USA

- ‘Genius Factor’

- ‘Level Playing Field’

- TSA back to school top 10

- Tai Chi & TS

- ‘Does Your Child have OCD?’

- The Esteem Octopus II

- Support Grop and News

- Associated Disorders SG Reference

Issue – May 2006

- ‘Two Pots’

- Prof. Robertson Report

- Researcher never misses a tic

- Understanding Tourette Syndrome

- TSAA School DVD project

- Cast the die and reap the rewards

- C2S, From our readers 3

- TSAA Tenpin Bowling

- Associated Disorders Support Groups

- Singapore SG News

- Diary Dates

- Spot O on DD Conference

Issue – August 2006

- 6^th Annual Congress of Neuropsychiatry 2006

- Medication Management for ADHD

- Taking the Twitch in stride

- Email – FDA Black Box Warnings

- What’s happening with Omega 3 oils

- A Compulsive Gene & the truth about TS

- Summary of Dr Zinner’s talk

- The Wit, Wisdom & Nervous Tics’ of Samuel Johnson

- Christmas Car Fundraiser

- BB UK Winner

Issue – December 2006

- Stories from new members

- Committee Snippets

- TSAA Annual Picnic photos

- Achievement page

- Resources for members

- Uni of Western Sydney/Info on bequests

- Learning Difficulties & Food Intolerances, Diet & ADHD

- Info on LDC Seminars

- Diary & Associated Disorders

Issue – March 2007

- Medication Management ADHD

- Research survey info on TS

- Stories & Prof. Robertson’s Award

- A Cure for Dyslexia?

- Beating the Blues

- New Research on non-Drug Management of ADHD

- Good News in ADHD

- Counsellor Kate on ‘telling’ re TS

- Diary Dates & References for Assoc. Disorders Groups

Issue – June 2007

- Sleep Clue to ADHD, Fundraising Successes

- Queensland News

- Understanding Coprolalia

- Roadside drug testing

- Tourette little known…..

- Awareness Week

- Trent goes into bat. Can you help?

- Diary Dates, Associated Disorders Support Group Reference

Issue – September 2007

- Champion Fundraising Effort

- AGM Notice

- “Fancy a Cuppa”

- Book Donation by member

- What Parents can do to cope with strong emotions

- Darrin Brincat interview

- “The Lucky Ear”

- New Genetic findings add to understanding OCD

- Mitchell Burton – a Member’s story

- Ridding home of OCD

- Sunshine Coast SG News and Photos

- Warning Signs of Anxiety

Issue – December 2007

- History of TSAA

- Royal Bank of Scotland Donation

- Volunteer Small Equipment Grant

- Norwegians host successful TS Symposium

- Listening to Children

- “Prisoner” poem by Thai Williams

- Wisdom of Bill Gates

- It’s Ok to Stare – book promotion

- Beating the blues is a walk in the park

- Disinhibited Thoughts

- 10 Thoughts on Thinking & 20 Positive Self-Esteem Tips

- SA Support Group News & Photos

- Sunshine Coast News & Thank you

Issue 1 - Autumn 2008

- Help the Professionals Who Aid your family

- Stop Trying to be Superhuman

- Message from NSW Ambulance Service

- Principles: Assisting Students with Learning Difficulties

- ADHD Awareness

- Book Donation Program

- Telling people about your TS

- Understanding Coprolalia

- Let Me Be a Child (Poem)

- Awareness Week - things you can do to help

- Nine Faces of the TS Parent

- The Big Secret – Part 1

- ADDults with ADHD (NSW)

Issue 2 - Winter 2008

- Naughtiness or Energy

- Dear TSAA, A Special Thank You

- Report on LDC Seminar

- “Eight letter word we all need to think about”

- “There was once a woman…”

- Responses to Ad Campaign

- First ever Ad Campaign Sponsors

- School talk by TSAA well received

- Introducing Fiona Harris

- “Our Own Mother Theresa

- TSAA thanks Gail Ganado

- Travelling with Tourettes

- The Big Secret part 2

- Multicultural Mental Health

- Dressed up to Drill Fundraiser

- How to be on Time

- Mothers call for awareness – Central Coast Support Group

- Journey of Hope Inaugural Summit

- ADDults with ADHD Awareness Afternoon

- Conduct Disorder vs ADHD

Issue 3 – Spring 2008

- My Name is Ben

- Presidents Report, Big Achievers

- City to Surf

- $20,000 Donation, Grote Reber Foundation Inc.

- Health Matters by Dr John D’Arcy – Raising Difficult Children

- Myth Conceptions

- Member Letter, CareLink

- ‘Tic Tock…time to talk TS’

- What’s been happening in Newcastle

- Friends for Life Program

- The Missing Grey Cells – TSA USA

- Small Steps – Awareness Awareness, ADDults with ADHD

Issue 4 – Summer 2008

- Special Thanks, Recycle Books

- TSAA Christmas Picnic

- IRIS Pictures Documentary

- AGM Notice

- PANDAS Article

- Newcastle Support Group Picnic

- Bereavement Notice – Greg Burton

- “What Families Should Know “ by Elaine Shimberg

- Front of the Class – Film Night

- Being Tic’d Off

- Deep Brain Stimulation – 60 Minutes & Domestic Blitz

- Newcastle/Central Coast News

Issue 1 – 2009

- NSW Government Legislation News

- TSAA 20^th Anniversary Conference

- TS Research Project

- TS Questions answered by TSAA members

- Ten Ways To Keep Your Cool

- Things you can do this Awareness Week

- The Unholy War over ADHD, Drugs, Diagnosis

- In Memory of Alan Walter

- Research links back of brain to ADHD

- Poems: ‘The Gift’ and ‘It begins with a clap of thunder’

- Letters: Take time/Make time

- Does Medicine Help?

- Anxiety Awareness

- Strategies for teachers with Anxious kids

- Australia ’s 2^nd DBS operation for TS

- Clinging to the past, The Facts

- Book Review: Natural Treatments for Tics and Touretes

- Special Examination Provisions

- New TSAA Support Groups in 3 States

Issue 2 - 2009

- Christmas Card Competition

- Work Experience Wanted

- Sydney ’s 20^th Anniversary Conference Report

- From one Woman’s dream to 20 years on!

- Movie Night – Front of the Class

- Gifted and ADHD Research Articles

- TS Research Project Invitation

- Northcott Disability Services

- “Phoebe in Wonderland”

- Teachers can learn a lot as well!

- Is your Daughter ADHD?

- Book Review: “Coping with Tourette Syndrome”

- Earn or Learn, Raising the School Leaving Age

- Oppositional Defiant Disorder

- When God Created Mothers of Tourette Children

- They Don’t Listen to Me!

- Adults with ADHD news

- City to Surf

- Working with Stress

Issue 3 – 2009

- My Life with TS

- Tourette Tolerance Vital

- Book Review: The Yipping Tiger

- Red Hair and TS Research

- Launceston Conference Flyer

- Adelaide and Perth Conference Report

- City to Surf 08 Donation and Report

- TSAA and Twitter

- LDC Seminar

- Sleep Strategies

- Front of the Class screening

- Deep Brain Stimulation

- Food Additives and ADD

- Dyslexia linked to slower processing of sounds

- Spend more time outdoors

- ADDults with ADHD Conference

- CHERI Conference

- New Support Group Macarthur

- Brisbane Support Group launch

Issue 4 – 2009

- TSAA Online Forum

- Dept Health NSW Classification of TS

- Carers Allowance Update

- Book Review: The Brain That Changes Itself

- The Yipping Tiger

- Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation

- RSL Gene Increases Risk for TS

- TSAA Family Picnic and Christmas Party

- Rock and Water Program

- IDEAS

- C.A.B.A. Seminar

- Talking to Children about Violence & Injustice

- Your Child is ready for school..but is he/she ready to learn?

- Being a Mother

- Letters from Around the Globe

- Mitchell’s Public Speaking