Lives Less Ordinary

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


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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: [email protected]
Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: May Cameron
(Photo: Sweet Anita. Credit: Sweet Anita)
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