"No Way Out”: Facing Adult-Onset Tourettes and Finding Self-Acceptance

CW: This episode contains offensive language which is involuntary
aspects of Tourettes, as well as discussions of mental health and
suicide.


After a seizure and a brain tumour in 2019, Luke Manton was
diagnosed with adult-onset Tourette Syndrome- plunging him into a
turbulent period of unemployment, stigma, and mental health
challenges.After being fired and rejected by countless employers,
Luke chose to rewrite the narrative, launching his own successful
neurodivergent-led business.


In this chat with Ben, Luke speaks about the power of
self-acceptance, why he’s campaigning to change outdated
diagnostic criteria for Tourette’s and the often-misunderstood
causes of adult-onset tics. He also opens-up about navigating
adoption and the care system as a neurodivergent parent.


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00:00 Introduction


1:55 Life Before Tourettes & The Journey to Diagnosis


6:41 “I Left Hospital and My Voice Did Not Come Back”


10:59 Luke’s First Vocal Tic of Many: “The Doctors Had No Idea
What It Was”


13:00 What is Adult Onset Tourettes?


15:58 The Power of Singing & Tourettes


17:36 Mental Health VS Tourettes


26:21 Tourettes Diagnosis: The Timeline


31:10 Vocal Tics: What Do They Feel Like?


33:17 Tourettes VS Being a Dad


37:22 Life: Post Tourettes Diagnosis


40:15 What Are Mental Tics?


42:18 Representing Tourettes: The Reality of Self Acceptance


48:23 Luke’s Green Light Badge


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