"Over recent weeks, our community has faced an unprecedented wave of online trolling, misinformation, and targeted mockery. Following the extremely difficult events surrounding the BAFTAs, many people with Tourette's have been struggling with fear, shame, isolation and a HUGE need to defend a condition they cannot control."
"I want to be completely clear here THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. Mocking a disability is never acceptable. It would not be tolerated for any other condition, and it should not be tolerated by people with Tourette's. Tourette's is a complex neurological condition, of which there is no cure. It is not a joke."
Saturday Night Live produced a sketch featuring celebrities like Mel Gibson, Jill Zarin, Armie Hammer, and Bill Cosby attributing their various scandals and outbursts to newly diagnosed Tourette's syndrome. The sketch was cut from the broadcast but released on YouTube, accumulating approximately 1 million views and 33,000 likes. Tourettes Action, a U.K. charity, condemned the content, stating it ridiculed the disability and reduced the community to a punchline. The organization emphasized that Tourette's is a complex neurological condition without cure, not a source of entertainment or personality trait. The charity expressed concern that the sketch deepened hurt within their community already struggling with online mockery and misinformation following the BAFTA incident.
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