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Gaming with Tourette’s: Sweet Anita’s success story

Gaming with Tourette’s: Sweet Anita’s success story

FromLives Less Ordinary


Gaming with Tourette’s: Sweet Anita’s success story

FromLives Less Ordinary

ratings:
Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Feb 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This programme contains offensive language. Sweet Anita has Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological condition which causes her to make involuntary sounds and movements. Her specific type of Tourette’s is called coprolalia, which means she sometimes says offensive or inappropriate things. Before her diagnosis, she didn't know why she was different to everyone else. She was bullied at school and making friends was difficult. Lonely and confused, she was told by a doctor her tics were ‘attention seeking’. But today, with a medical diagnosis and a new-found confidence, Anita is a successful streamer on the gaming platform Twitch, with an avid fanbase and a growing community online.

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: May Cameron

(Photo: Sweet Anita. Credit: Sweet Anita)
Released:
Feb 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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