A woman who endured a decade of debilitating menstrual pain and irregular periods has revealed how doctors repeatedly ...
Tourette syndrome campaigner involuntarily shouted the n-word while Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were on stage at the ...
Davidson is an executive producer of “I Swear,” a film that follows the story of his diagnosis. One of his tics, a racial ...
A woman who suffered from debilitating menstrual pain and irregular periods said she was repeatedly dismissed by doctors for a decade, before getting diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome.
The recent BAFTA awards saw a controversy involving John Davidson, a Tourette Syndrome patient, whose involuntary racial slurs sparked discussions about the neurological disorder.
BAFTA had made us all aware that any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast,” Davidson revealed, shedding light on his ...
Advocates say the John Davidson moment casts a light on a condition too little understood — and on the people who don’t understand.
John Davidson set the record straight on the "10 different offensive words" he ticked at the BAFTAs, including a slur ...
Tourette’s syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder tied to disruptions in the brain circuits that regulate movement and habit formation. The disorder starts in childhood and is characterized by ...
Obscene language tics, called coprolalia, don’t reveal what people with Tourette’s think and feel. In fact, tics often compel people to say or do precisely what they most wish to avoid.
After the BBC faced backlash for not editing out a racial slur during the 2026 BAFTA Awards, attention has turned to the circumstances surrounding the on-air moment.