Jessica Thom writes about the disorder's hilarious and humiliating outbursts. Sept. 28, 2012— -- Jessica Thom, a sassy and smart 32-year-old from London, says the word "biscuit" 16,000 times a ...

Jess Thom (left) and Jess Mabel Jones from Thom's show, Backstage in Biscuit Land. Thom's website says she's "changing the world, one tic at a time." Jess Thom says the word "biscuit" about 16,000 ...

Last month, a Champion-based author released a novel highlighting the difficulties of living with a neurological disorder.

Jess Thom says the word "biscuit" about 16,000 times every day. Her brother-in-law counted once. That's just one of the tics that Thom, a London-based performance artist, has to manage as part of her ...

She describes her love-hate relationship with the disabling disorder Tourette syndrome in a new diary-style memoir -- "Welcome to Biscuit Land: A Year in the Life of Touretteshero," available in ...

One British performance artist does live shows about living with a constant compulsion to say the word "biscuit." Onstage and online, people with... Jess Thom says the word "biscuit" about 16,000 ...