Mel Suffer From Tourette's Syndrome

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Mother says, Mel suffers from Tourette’s syndrome and it affects the way she reacts; she initially doesn’t want her disorder to affect how people perceive her. She goes about her life just as any regular person should. However, without her medicine it’s hard for people to perceive Mel as being regular. Due to her disorder and without medicine, many may find her behavior to be erratic, uncontained, and obtrusive. However, “I beg to differ”, the mother states. This is something were dealing with but this doesn’t change how we view Mel. If anyone knows where she is, please contact us.

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