Teenage Tourettes Camp
Teenage Tourette’s Camp follows five British teenagers with Tourette’s Syndrome as they spend a week in a unique summer camp where they are allowed to swear, behave obsessively, act compulsively and enjoy every minute of it.
The group are the first British children to take part in the week-long program for those with the medical condition. Characteristics of this condition include chronic muscular and vocal tics, which can be socially stigmatising for sufferers. But these aren’t simply youngsters who swear a lot (though some of them do) and they are certainly not mentally ill – all they want is to do the things other teenagers do.
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comment #3433 what
are you serious you watch a documentary about tourettes and you expect a disclaimer... what do u expect them to bleep everything... get real
reply | permalinkcomment #1502 colin johnson
i was there that year 2006 i was dissapointed that i did not see myself. i hope to go agin next year!!!
reply | permalinkcomment #1411 courtney
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Well said. I agree completely.
reply | permalinkcomment #1410 courtney
I saw this documentary when it premiered and wanted to show it to my daughter, who attends school with a boy with Tourettes. While I am glad that she got to see it, I wholly regret not previewing it first. I completely agree with Kai's comments about the dialogue bubbles embedded in the video. How about posting this doc objectively, the way it was meant to be seen? Or could you at least provide a disclaimer informing potential viewers of this site that they will be bombarded with infantile commentary during viewing? I think the whole point of this doc (the making and the viewing) is to promote knowledge and acceptance (or at least tolerance) of Tourettes. What you have done here is a complete negation of that. I'd thank you for posting this doc, but that would be insincere. Reading the transcript would have been less annoying.
reply | permalinkcomment #1273 Leah
They totally stole their music from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack.
reply | permalinkcomment #1175 la
Oh, and If they showed a black person with Tourettes, would his/her tick words include "cracker?"
reply | permalinkcomment #1174 la
Is it just me or did it seem like at times some of the teens in this doc. just used their Tourettes as an excuse to say bad things? Certain instances of outbursts didn't seem genuine.
reply | permalinkcomment #1173 Kai
I find this documentary fascinating. It is great to see some peoples' kindness given to people that are suffering from this condition- it is so misunderstood. That being said, I found the cartoon bubbles of inane and hurtful comments detrimental to the presentation of this story. The comments were not even slightly funny and revealed a complete lack of insight on behalf of the poster of said comments. It is really too bad that this could not be presented without the unintelligent comments.
reply | permalinkcomment #650 Jay
I liked this documentary though I found some of the video-poster's comments within it inappropriate. It took away from my viewing experience.
reply | permalinkIt hurt to see Jenny and Jessica not get along in the end but I'm glad for the boys, especially now with their little collection of American girls. What girl doesn't like a bloke with a nice British accent~ I don't mind at all~
It seems like an awesome camp~~
comment #444 24
Absolutely fascinating...Between the the teenage condition, the tourettes and human nature it is interesting to see such complusive behaviour. That time in your life is difficult enough, but having such a disorder of uncontrollabe behaviour. I certainly feel for these young people.
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