College with Tourette's
Hi guys, it’s Caitlin again. As you are probably aware, I suffer from Tourette’s Syndrome. I doubt it’s a shock for you to hear that getting around my everyday life is a struggle. As a second year A level student, with the stress of my final exams just around the corner, studying is not easy. With the workload, revision and mocks thrown into it, the stress is definitely not minimal, especially with Tourette's added on top of all of this. . At first, going to college was one of my biggest struggles. As I only found out I had Tourette’s in August, going back to college in September felt impossible. However, after going into college the first day back after summer, the staff could not have been more supportive. We had already contacted college to make them aware of the situation, by doing this I was able to begin to get support with my A levels. . Going into lessons was not that easy. Suppressing my tics during lessons was hard as the pain made it hard to concentrate. My classes h...