Mike Higgens is a dad, husband, and pastor. He tells a short story of the day he was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. Although he began to show symptoms at age 12, he was not diagnosed until he was 28. The article could prompt discussion about the importance for physicians to listen to patient stories as well as the signifcance of social support.
Access
- Link: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/spanish/tourette/stories.html
Details
Language: Spanish
Type of Story: Newspaper or Magazine
Medium: written
Contributed by: Health Story Hub Team ( health-storyhub@uiowa.edu )
Citation:
Historias verdaderas de personas con el síndrome de Tourette. (n.d.). https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/spanish/tourette/stories.html