Jun 14, 2019
Peter Zhao was born
and raised through boyhood in China before he moved to the U.S. and
became the affable, freestyle-rapping online presence many of you
know as Fabulously_Tourette. Peter, while multitasking (finishing
up a bowl of soup, later changing his child's diaper and performing
other home activites during the conversation) takes us from his
youth and early family dynamics to establishing himself in New York
and later incorporating Tourette Syndrome into his persona. He used
to struggle with it; he's now content. Peter also gives an
interesting explanation of his coprolalia, discusses his own
tic-management preferences, and talks with Ben about racial
diversity in TS. A rewarding episode covering territory Tourette's
Podcast hasn't hit before.
SENSORY
NOTE: While it's an awesome conversation, there's some
background noise in parts of this episode, as we caught our guest
in his duties as a father caring for two children at his home.
Sometimes, different background sounds from the phone call overlap
and could sound a little chaotic to people sensitive to such
things. That doesn't occur throughout the episode, but there are a
few, limited parts that get a bit noisy.
The prevalence and epidemiology of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.
Part 2: tentative explanations for differing prevalence figures in
GTS, including the possible effects of psychopathology, aetiology,
cultural differences, and differing phenotypes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18940378 (Thanks, Dr. Conelea!)
A National Profile of
Tourette Syndrome, 2011–2012
https://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/Abstract/2014/06000/A_National_Profile_of_Tourette_Syndrome,_2011_2012.2.aspx
Sunshine Summit
August 2019 Livestream! Think of questions to ask Ben on Aug. 12 at
9 p.m EDT. https://www.sunshinesummit.live/
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