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QUEENS WEEKLY, MARCH 31, 2019
Bayside resident spreads Tourette’s awareness
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BY JENNA BAGCAL
One Bayside resident is
using social media to bring
awareness to Tourette’s
Syndrome and an upcoming
fundraiser in
the area.
Using just his cellphone,
Peter Zhao films
videos of his daily life
living with Tourette’s
and posts them to Facebook
and Instagram
using the hashtag
#7daysofTourettes.
“It was created by a
friend of mine, Marco,
who goes by ‘mrmoveandspeak’
on Instagram,”
said Zhao. “We’re hoping
that more people can use
the hashtag to share their
daily lives living with
the condition and challenge
people to show their
true selves.”
Zhao’s videos document
his own experience
living with the Tourette’s,
obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) and attention
deficit-hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD), which he
said often comes hand in
hand. He covers a range
of topics in the minutelong
videos including
traveling on the train,
updates on his children
and how he manages his
Tourette’s symptoms.
According to the Centers
for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC),
Tourette Syndrome attacks
the nervous system,
causing people to have
tics or sudden and repeated
twitches, movements
and sounds. The tics can
range from eye blinking,
shoulder shrugging,
throat clearing or yelling
words or phrases.
The Bayside resident
recalls that he started
showing signs of the disorders
when he was a
young boy living in China.
When he was 8 years
old, his parents started
noticing that he would
stick out his tongue as
if he were “copying a
snake,” but chalked it up
to it being a bad habit.
Zhao’s symptoms got
worse when he and his
family moved to the United
States and by 14 he
had developed other tics
including repetitive eye
blinking, jaw and neck
twitches, and yelling
curse words.
He was formally diagnosed
in the 1990s and
managed his symptoms
with the medication Orap
until he was 20. Zhao
said that although the
medication aided some
of his symptoms, it made
some of the other symptoms
worse, including
intrusive and suicidal
thoughts.
Though he does not always
advocate for those
with Tourette’s to go med
free, Zhao has learned to
manage his symptoms
and tics in a variety of
ways. He goes to a reflexologist
who specializes in
Chinese medicine, exercises,
freestyle raps and
even learned ventriloquy
vocalization techniques
to modify his vocal tics.
On May 19, Zhao will
be participating in the National
Awareness 5K Run/
Walk at Flushing Meadows
Corona Park in an effort
to spread even more
awareness about Tourette
Syndrome. He learned
about the opportunity following
a recent visit to
the Tourette Association
of America headquarters
in Bayside, which is the
organization in charge
of the event.
He shared that organizations
like the Tourette
Association are great resources
for learning more
disorder and getting proper
doctor referrals.
Zhao’s advice for those
learning to manage their
Tourette’s is “don’t beat
yourself up.”
“Just because your
symptoms return doesn’t
mean you failed. There’s
no cure for Tourette’s,
you just have to live with
it, own it and make the
best of it,” Zhao said.
Follow Zhao on his
Instagram @fabulously_
tourette to keep up with
his #7daysofTourettes
videos.
A photo still from one of Peter Zhao’s #7daysofTourettes
videos. Screenshot from video by Peter Zhao
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