- Approximately one in every five children will have a tic at some point in their development.
- Eye blinking is the most common first tic.
- Over 23% of children in special education classes have tics.
- Tourette syndrome is much more common in males than in females.
- The average age of onset of Tourette syndrome is six to seven years old.
- There is no cure for Tourette syndrome.
- In spite of the media stereotype, less than 10% of children with Tourette syndrome experience coprolalia—involuntary outbursts of socially inappropriate or taboo expressions.
- Twenty-nine percent of children with Tourette syndrome have experienced disciplinary problems.
Data from Tourette Syndrome Plus.
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