His T-shirts tell a story.

I am a special educator and a counselor who works with families with special needs children or young adults. And one thing, I have learnt in my two decades of work is that Human beings are beyond their labels and diagnosis. We should never judge or undermine anyone.

The shirts are a good idea, I think. He does not have the form of Tourette's where he speaks with lots of profanity blurting at random times, does he? I would possibly have a hard time with that.

Bless his heart. I can’t imagine the burden he so humorously bears. I’m glad he doesn’t let anything get in the way of living his life.

It is never fair to judge someone by what you see. I watched the show Soul on Fire last week and it is a good reminder of this as well. He is a very smart man to try to 'warn' people with his shirts, it hopefully makes him more approacheable.

That's a great way to let people know. It would be hard to deal with

I have never hear of Tourette's syndrome before. It must be so hard for him..he sure found a way to live with it and wearing a shirt to warn people is really creative. . He sounds like a very good person

The T-shirt is a good idea. My best friend has Tourette's. I met him in high school, but I guess when he was a kid, it was bad. He'd scream or swear, and his mom didn't know what to do. Now that he's an adult, he is thankfully able to control it more, as he has random tics he does, but they're usually like moving his wrist or things that aren't as noticeable. The first time I had actually experienced someone with Tourette's who yelled or made noises was when I was in high school, and I rode a bus, and I kept hearing this loud squeaking noise, and I was so confused where it was coming from. I would look around and was like "who has a squeaker in here?" and finally realized it was a kid at the front of the bus. It drove me crazy for days until I figured it out. I genuinely didn't realize it was a human making those noises. People assume that people with Tourette's has the ability to control the words they use or were thinking of the words that came out, and that's not remotely true. There was a movie made called "Front of the Class" about a teacher who had tourette's who had a very difficult time finding a job, and so many people turned him down because of his yelling and noises. He finally found a teaching job and ended up being a great teacher. Then there was activist John Davidson, who yelled a racial slur during Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo presenting an award at the BAFTAs, and it was even mentioned prior to the awards that he might yell out offensive words during the awards. People went crazy, swearing he used that exact term on purpose or that his brain thought it. He felt the need to apologize for something he had no control over. I thought it was pretty terrible. I can understand how Michael may have been hurt, but to hold it against him is terrible. People don't understand that this disorder is genuinely out of their control. Prior to more research into it, these kids had it even harder, as it was seen as misbehavior, and parents thought their kids were out of control. Parents didn't have support for their kids. They were made to feel it was bad parenting. If you haven't seen "Front of the Class," I highly recommend it if you can find it. It was a made-for-TV movie so it may be harder to find.

I haven't watched it, but one of the cable channels features a young woman who has Tourettes. I think it might be a similar type to John. The name of the show is Braylen Out Loud. It's probably on TLC. They seem to have a lot of those kinds of shows.

He sounds like an interesting and caring person. I so agree with what Arunima says below.

Those T-shirts are a wonderful idea to let people know. I know that people are often too quick to judge the others without knowing their problems.

that is a good idea. At least he still does what he can to help others while others do nothing

I don't know anyone with this but have seen films and documentaries about it. It's very hard on a person. Some swear a lot and again, they can't help it or do anything about it.

I think it's a good idea that he is being proactive. A lot of people with Tourette's blurt obscenities or other inappropriate things. People need to understand that it is very much against their will. I have read that the harder they try not to, the more likely it will happen, so the best thing to do is try to stay as chill as possible about it.