How Did Brad Cohen Decide To Have Tourette's Syndrome

The movie, “Front of the Class”, follows a man named Brad Cohen that has Tourette’s Syndrome. He was affected by this at a young age, but it was not diagnosed right away. Teachers, peers and family members would get irritated at him for always making noises because they were convinced that he was purposefully doing it. Because this disease does not have a cure, Mr. Cohen learned to beat Tourette Syndrome through perseverance. Brad Cohen had an extremely difficult childhood because nobody understood why he was choosing to twitch and make noises all the time. He was different and that was evident everywhere he went. In school, his peers bullied him and constantly laughed at him. His teachers would constantly send him to the principal’s office for being a constant disturbance. His father especially would get so aggravated with him and would constantly emphasized his poor behavior and lack of self-control. Even after he was diagnosed, life didn’t magically get any better because there is no cure, so the same things would continue forever, but now they understood the cause. He could now prove that his brain would

It causes involuntary movements known as ticks and vocal outburst. Brad Cohen could not do anything to hold these symptoms back or to get rid of them all together. Brad’s disease did have an impact on his parents. His mother was concerned about him and his future. She feared the limitations for her son that she saw other people with Tourette’s Syndrome suffering from. Brad’s father was never accepting of the disease, which consequently strained their relationship. He even admitted to sometimes feeling embarrassed to be in public places with Brad because of the outbursts. Later in the movie, it is revealed to us that the reason Brad’s father could never accept that fact that Brad had Tourette’s Syndrome was because he could not fix it and a part of him felt