( KLFY )– A Broussard family with a son diagnosed with Tourette syndrome took their fight for awareness to Washington D.C.
The parents are junior youth and young ambassadors for the Tourette Association of America .
The trio shared their story to bring education and normalize all the misunderstandings of Tourette syndrome.
Rena and Maggie Lassalle, and their son Liam are dedicated to helping people understand.
“Tourette’s is so misunderstood,” Maggie Lassalle said. “Many people think it’s just cursing and swearing. It’s kind of what TV promotes but it’s much more than that.”
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There are the tics.
“It can be things such as eye blinking, twitching, noise making and throat clearing,”
There’s also the disorder itself. Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder.
“Where there are signals misfiring either they are firing too much or too little or at the wrong time with that you have ADD, ADHD, OCD, anxiety depending on which one is triggered you will see an increase in the tics themselves,” Maggie Lassalle said.