{"id":259930,"date":"2017-06-08T18:16:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T01:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=259930"},"modified":"2017-06-08T18:16:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T01:16:05","slug":"anthony-ervin-working-to-empower-youth-with-tourette-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anthony-ervin-working-to-empower-youth-with-tourette-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Ervin Working To Empower Youth With Tourette Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2017\/06\/olympic-gold-medal-swimmer-anthony-ervin-tourette-syndrome-advantage-ambassador\" target=\"_blank\">article <\/a>that appeared in\u00a0<em>USA Today Sports<\/em>, Olympic gold medalist\u00a0<strong>Anthony Ervin<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>details his own struggles with Tourette Syndrome and how he was able to channel those struggles into what he describes as an advantage in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>After most recently coming back and winning gold 16 years after his first individual gold at just 19 years old in Sydney, Australia, Ervin is now raising awareness as a youth ambassador for the\u00a0Tourette Association of America through 2018 and speaking out on his experience with the neurological disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the facial tics and nervous energy as &#8220;an itch that constantly [wanted] to be scratched,&#8221; as a young adult, Ervin recounts that he was always attracting negative attention for symptoms he couldn&#8217;t control. 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