Imagine living with your body constantly twitching and moving and then add verbal tics on top of it. Meet Peta Longhurst, an amazing individual who lives with Tourette’s. Tourette’s is a neurological condition with research indicating that as many as one in 100 school children may be affected in Australia. Tourette’s is more than tics and more than just swearing, with only 10 percent of people with the condition having coprolalia (the swearing tic). To raise awareness of the condition Peta is about to ride from Canberra to Brisbane by motorbike, stopping at regional schools till she gets to Queensland to then ride back down to Sydney where she will arrive at Tourette’s camp.



Bio: Peta Longhurst is a local Canberran who enjoys motorcycle riding and currently works as a mountain biker instructor with over 2000 working hours under her belt in teaching others to ride mountain bikes. Peta also lives with Tourette’s Syndrome. She was diagnosed in her teens and has been navigating her way through life with this condition ever since. Peta speaks on her experiences and struggles within different work forces until she began working with her parents in their family business of teaching mountain bike riding. Peta is currently touring through the East coast of Australia and spreading awareness in schools and other community events about Tourette’s Syndrome.



Creators: Emmy-Lou Norton, Emily Haynes, and Astrid Watts



Audio attribution:
BaDoink - Filter
Chael - Sparks

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