Dear All,

For the past 17 months, TSA has been working with producers of the ABC News
program,
"Primetime" on an episode that features young adults with Tourette Syndrome. We
have
just received word that the special will air on Tuesday, July 15 at 10:00 pm on
ABC.

The hour-long program profiles four teenage girls (together with their families)
and
focuses on the emotional impact and both the triumphs and challenges of living
with TS.
Also included will be commentary from Jonathan Mink, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Chair of
the TSA
Scientific Advisory Board and Associate Professor of Neurology and Chief, Child
Neurology,
at the University of Rochester Medical Center; and Jerome Bubrick, Ph.D.,
Clinical
Instructor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine, who
conducts
a habit reversal therapy session with a boy with TS.
Following is the promotional blurb from ABC: Jay Schadler goes deep inside the
world of
children who live with Tourette Syndrome. As the families document scenes of the
daily
life traumas in video diaries, they reveal the hope at the heart of a mystery
disorder that
has no known cause or cure.

As always, we are hopeful that the program will be a responsible, accurate and
sensitive
representation of the disorder and of the young people who so bravely shared
their
personal struggles and stories to educate, raise awareness and reduce the stigma
associated with TS.

Regards,
Tracy

Tracy Colletti-Flynn
Manager, Public Relations and Communications
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
(718) 224-2999, ext. 236
(fax) 718-279-9596
website: http://tsa-usa.org