Local Teen, Noah Oakes, Brings Attention to Tourette's Syndrome

Noah Oakes met with Youth Ambassador Caitlin Barber in an interview for "Tuesday Newsday". Noah is a Montana State Youth Ambassador for Tourette's Association of America. Noah, who has Tourette's Syndrome goes to Washington D.C. every year to speak with senators and representatives to help him and many others with Tourette's Syndrome. Noah is going to be doing a presentation about the syndrome at the Roundup School sometime this year.

Tourette's Syndrome is a neurological disorder which impairs fine motor movements which can be expressed in small hand gestures, facial "ticks", verbal ticks, or...