A few points on this:
1. When views are expressed that Tourettic people would be "too ashamed" to show our #tics online, & if we do we're "showing off" & don't represent what real TS looks like, there needs to be accountability. Ideally, by the speaker and your organisation.
1. When views are expressed that Tourettic people would be "too ashamed" to show our #tics online, & if we do we're "showing off" & don't represent what real TS looks like, there needs to be accountability. Ideally, by the speaker and your organisation.
https://twitter.com/TouretteAssn/status/1598431443453091883
2. While I appreciate finally receiving a response from the TAA regarding this issue, you have still not condemned this viewpoint, & it's unclear whether you agree with it or not.
3. What is clear, is the TAA has provided a platform for these views to be disseminated publicly.
3. What is clear, is the TAA has provided a platform for these views to be disseminated publicly.
4. Despite receiving clear and warranted criticism by the TS community in response to these views, the video still remains on the TAAs YouTube channel with no disclaimer or acknowledgment of the harm they may cause.
5. When Tourettic people commented their distress & disapproval of the views on your YouTube video expressing these views, I have been informed they were promptly deleted by the TAA. In effect, silencing concerns from our community.
In light of these series of responses by the TAA (and others mentioned elsewhere), I've sadly lost faith in its corporate management. I also suggest any attempt to "look into the messages" the TAA gives platform to will be meaningless without real accountability and change.
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