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