Ebook: Welcome to Biscuit Land: a Year in the Life of Touretteshero

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; JANUARY; FEBRUARY; MARCH; APRIL; MAY; JUNE; JULY; AUGUST; SEPTEMBER; OCTOBER; NOVEMBER; DECEMBER; Touretteshero; Frequently Asked Questions; Copyright.;Jess Thom has Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological condition that manifests itself through multiple vocal and physical tics. She says?biscuit' up to 16 times per minute, (about 6 million times a year), she beats her chest regularly, her walking is in her own words?chaotic' and, in common with only 10% of the 300,000 people in the UK with Tourette's, she swears involuntarily. When she agreed to talk about the condition for Stephen Fry's series, Planet Word, little did she realise the impact it would have. Her humour, courage and complete lack of self-pity touched the audience and led Fry to de.