Comments on: What Is A Good Career For Someone With Tourettes Syndrome?

By: Sharayah

Sharayah — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:11:12 +0000

There is an employee who works in Akron OH- full time in telemarketing. I believe he does not read the actual script to the person being called though. He’s been there for some time now. Yea, a bit of foul language escapes his lips about every 1/2 hour!! LOL

By: katie-di

katie-di — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:23:27 +0000

You need a job where you don’t have to deal with the public like stockroom or warehouse where you mostly work alone.

By: PuttPutt

PuttPutt — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:45:54 +0000

Did you know that there are doctors with tourettes? Don’t limit your dreams because of it! My suggestion would be to talk to a job coach and explore different types of careers that YOU like, not what someone might suggest on Yahoo Answers.

By: stealin4

stealin4 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:49:04 +0000

a dog trainer.

By: alt.heal

alt.heal — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:09:15 +0000

debt collector

By: Moma

Moma — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:19:09 +0000

how about a councilor?
for people with tourettes?

By: nedoglov

nedoglov — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:51:06 +0000

if you get treatment for your tourettes and a doctor can prove that it is not a risk to other people, you should be able to do any job you want. however, depending on whether your “ticks” get worse when you are nervous or being watched, you may try a job that you don’t have as much interaction with people. it is hard to say what a good job would be because you didn’t specify whether you had verbal, or motion (or both) ticks. If you have any motion ticks it would be best if you were not working in a place that you could hurt yourself, (i.e. you could fall or something could fall on you), or someone else. if you have verbal ticks it would probably be better not to work around people who would not understand. one job, if you are willing to go to school for it, would be a speech or motor therapist and you could specialize to help children and adults like yourself get better.

By: colleen f

colleen f — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:52:35 +0000

I think u can be anything u want to be………..All u can do is try your best.

By: Juliart

Juliart — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:58:32 +0000

Read this book for inspiration: “Front of the Class, How Touretttes Syndrome Made Me The Teacher I Never Had”, by Brad Cohen.
Anything to do with computers or programming. Great field! Or Graphic Arts. While you are looking for a career, write a book about your experiences with you former employers! Ask the TSA to help you publish it!
I very much resent the answer posted here that suggests that a person with TS should be shut away in a stockroom. RUDE!