What if Harry had Tourette's.

finwitch finwitch at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 25 16:10:02 UTC 2008


No: HPFGUIDX 180964

Tourette's. 

>From wikipedia:
"Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's
disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly,
simply Tourette's or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with
onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical
(motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics
characteristically wax and wane. Tourette's is defined as part of a
spectrum of tic disorders, which includes transient and chronic tics.

Tourette's was once considered a rare and bizarre syndrome, most often
associated with the exclamation of obscene words or socially
inappropriate and derogatory remarks (coprolalia)." 

Imagine Harry having this syndrome since the age of one (say from the
moment he got that scar), and worsening towards age eleven. What would
happen?

1. Dursleys. Would they keep Harry and punish him for that as well as
his accidental magic or give him up to an orphanage?

2. How would wizards react? Imagine a big tic with extreme coprolalia
in the first potions class for example. I'm positive that Dumbledore
knows of this syndrome and would identify it, but Snape?

Finwitch





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