I have 17 year old twin brothers who have tourettes, they're from a small town and a small school, so kids have known them forever and they rarely have to deal with teasing because of it anymore (it lost its appeal early in middle school) (their tics are more verbal grunts, nose twitching, things like that.)
They recently tried to stream Smite as a tandem, but found the twitch community excessively brutal about their affliction. They aren't thin-skinned, but they were pretty shocked by the behavior. It's too many steps over the line for people to begin whispering them to encourage them to kill themselves, in my opinion.
What advice would you give them? I can't encourage them any more than a person who doesn't experience that kind of adversity can.
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I have 17 year old twin brothers who have tourettes, they're from a small town and a small school, so kids have known them forever and they rarely have to deal with teasing because of it anymore (it lost its appeal early in middle school) (their tics are more verbal grunts, nose twitching, things like that.)
They recently tried to stream Smite as a tandem, but found the twitch community excessively brutal about their affliction. They aren't thin-skinned, but they were pretty shocked by the behavior. It's too many steps over the line for people to begin whispering them to encourage them to kill themselves, in my opinion.
What advice would you give them? I can't encourage them any more than a person who doesn't experience that kind of adversity can.
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