'Tourette's no longer defines me - I can put my music out to the world'

Samantha Fletcher

This is a great story of how someone is using their talent to raise awareness.

Just six months ago, musician Grace Cope, 19, was unable to perform in front of anyone. Now she is lead vocalist on a song to raise awareness of Tourette's syndrome and being mentored by a veteran producer who has worked with The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Duran Duran.

According to Tourettes Action, the condition affects one in 100 school-aged children and more than 300,000 people in the UK.

"Meeting people with Tourette's, being together in that space, it was so nice," says Grace.

"I always saw Tourette's as me; like I was just Tourette's, and that's all I was," she says.

"I don't feel like that any more. I can now say I'm a singer-songwriter. I produce my own music and I can put it out to the world."

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