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Tourette’s Syndrome is a much maligned condition; Torette’s causes involuntary tics, twitches and verbal outbursts. Often swearing uncontrollably.
This documentary looks at the plight of three affected individuals. The disorder is named for Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the pioneering French neurologist who in 1885 first described the condition in an 86-year-old French noblewoman.
Following a motoring accident Terry Wallis was left in a vegetative coma for 19 years. He remembers everything prior to the accident but nothing since.
Terry now has limited speech capabilities but damage to his frontal lobe has removed all inhibitions leaving a foul-mouthed angry man.
Free Diving was originally the preserve of pearl and sponge fishermen. Now that free diving is a sport Tanya Streeter intends to set a new world record.
Tanya Streeter dubbed The Caribbean Mermaid has set many diving records but the world record has been surpassed. She intends to retake it.
Susan Polgar is a genius; a product of nurture more than nature. Laszlo Polgar raised his daughter to be the genius he knew she could be,
Not only did Laszlo raise Susan to be a chess grand master, but her two sisters Zsofia and Judit have made the genius grade too.
Against all medical advice Rose Siggins intends to have a second baby. Rose has sacral agenesis making pregnancy very dangerous but, she is determined.
Her first pregnancy was difficult and dangerous, this second baby could be really life-threatening.
Born with Sacral Agenesis Rose had to have her legs completely amputated. Despite this huge handicap Rose is a resourceful, successful mother and mechanic.
Roses’s passion is cars; she has no legs but won’t allow this trivial detail to slow her down.
Cheri Robertson i not the bionic woman, she is RoboChick. Fitted with a ground-breaking artificial vision system after losing her sight in a car accident.
The artificial vision system was the brain-child of a pioneering scientist named William Dobelle.
Ruth Selwyn had a chance meeting with Helen, an old school friend, that led to her making a documentary about Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Helen has eight distinct personalities. She will switch from one personality to another without warning and with no recollection of doing so.
Patrick Deuel overate constantly. His compulsion for eating may be genetic but it will require drastic surgical intervention to halt his obese escalation.
Weighing over half a ton means a gastric bypass is essential to curb this eating mania.
PSAS or Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome is a rare condition of the limbic system which controls pleasure and sexual function.
Michelle Thompson can have up to 300 orgasms a day. This is not indicative of a high sex-drive usually, quite the opposite.
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