Tag: New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome

  • Tim Howard was a leader on, off the soccer field

    Tim Howard was a leader on, off the soccer field

    U.S. soccer phenom and North Brunswick’s hometown hero Tim Howard has hung up his cleats. My friendship with Tim began when he played for the NY/NJ MetroStars MLS soccer team. He had moved into the position of starting goalie and wanted to go public with the fact that he had Tourette syndrome (TS). We supported…

  • NBTHS teen organizes walk for Tourette syndrome awareness

    NBTHS teen organizes walk for Tourette syndrome awareness

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A North Brunswick Township High School student is following in the footsteps of her idol. Senior Ally Abad will participate in the NJ Walks for TS event to bring awareness to Tourette syndrome (TS) in honor of Tim Howard, a fellow North Brunswick native and United States men’s national soccer team goalie,…

  • NBTHS student named a ‘Kid Who Makes Magic’

    NBTHS student named a ‘Kid Who Makes Magic’

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS) student who is a youth advocate for Tourette syndrome has been named a “Kid Who Makes Magic” by radio station Magic 98.3. According to NBTHS Principal Pete Clark’s nomination letter, every year Ally Abad attends the Tim Howard Leadership Academy for children with Tourette’s that takes place at Rutgers…