- Age: 37
- Media use at home – Type: Personal computer
- Media use at home – Frequency: ★★★
- Current use assistive technology: /
- Diagnose: Tourette syndrome
Charles lives in Norfolk, UK, and has Tourette’s Syndrome, which causes recurrent motor and vocal tics. It has had a huge influence on his social life. His motor tics are fast, regular muscle motions like rapid eye blinking or head jerking, while his vocal tics, also known as phonic tics, are words or sounds like grunting, sniffing, barking, and throat clearing.
Capacities to support
His motor tics consist of rapid, repetitive muscle movements, such as rapid eye blinking or head jerking, while his vocal tics, sometimes called phonic tics, are phrases or sounds such as grunting, sniffing, barking, and throat clearing.
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