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Tourette Syndrome s is winning his battle Duncan McKinlay still remembers the moment that saved his life while battling a deep depression He was 19 at the time and suffering from a disorder that caused involuntary sounds and movements in his body. That behaviour drove a wedge between McKinlay and his parents, who couldn‘t understand why he was constantly acting out With little support at home or school for a problem he had a tough time controlling, McKinlay said i wasn‘t a question of if he would finally kill himself, but when he would end his suffering. That selfâ€"loathing stopped the day McKinlay read an Ann Lanâ€" ders‘ column and found out there were people out there like himâ€" self. More importantly, he finally put a name to his disorder â€"he was suffering from Tourette Syndrome. ' "I instantly knew that was me," said McKinlay. "From that day forward my tics have come out a lot more, 1 know I‘m okay." "I instantly knew that was me," said McKinlay. "From that day forward my tics have come out a lot more, 1 know I‘m okay." It has changed his life. Now he‘s dedicated to studying the disâ€" order, as a doctoral student at the University of Waterloo, with hopes that the next generation of sufferers doesn‘t go through the sheer hell he experienced while growing up. Education about the disorder is key. McKinlay, 25, found that once people understood what he had they often looked past the symptoms to get to know the person. That education campaign starts this week with the National Tourette Syndrome Awareness week. With the help of highâ€"proâ€" file people like actress Neve Campbell, whose brother is a sufferer, the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada hopes to increase the understanding of the disorder. Tourette Syndrome is a neurochemical disorder that is characâ€" Duncan McKinlay is a director with the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada. 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B w wz § p T%," & SoRk â€" feaâ€"~ :: "= o aw a is â€" 1+ he had a éxv, " leitiiiicnh A -\\{“; f-;, â€" ts n of if he y e 5 \ ”33;& iffering a CE _ h S j nn Lanâ€" ‘ C & , * ,‘,"f a h & t e eP C . 1 A er â€"he M * u. ‘ * t 5 ° s _ e 4 [6 . that day ~ _ QAA m Re 2 R Lloyd Browne (above right) and Hugh Russel kax" . x> ‘â€"K‘a:‘, flipped burgers at Saturday‘s Sunnydale Place cele a fleoe z> a bration, while Ashlee Wilson dished out cake tc t 4 P participants. Deborah Crandall photo For all your real estate needs call Royal LePage â€" Scharf Realty, Ted Scharf, Broker Sunnydale Place residents celebrate opening of new community centre The residents of Sunnydale Place in the Lakeshore area of Waterloo are quickly learning that it takes a village to taise their children. Different community partâ€" ners like the police, local schools and local churches have reached out to members of the lowâ€" and fixedâ€"income community for the past couple of years to address problems they‘ve had with feeding. clothing and teaching their children. But ultimately the residents took responsibility for the lessons the children learn on the playgrounds and sandlots of the 25â€"yearâ€"old housing development Those lessons were reinâ€" forced last weekend when the Sunnydale Community Assocrâ€" ation launched the official opening of its new community centre Neighbours who had never met their neighbours in the "The Name Friends Bob Vrbanac Chronicle Staff highâ€"density housing complex of 210 closedâ€"row townhouses came out to flip burgers at the centre‘s first community barbeâ€" cue It gave them a chance to put a parent‘s name to a face, while showing the children that the whole community has a hand in their upbringing. While people were drawn into the new centre by the grand opening celebration, the ambitious list of new services offered, such as English as a Second Language {ESL} courses and a youth dropâ€"in ventre, promises to have them coming back Carla van der Breggen. one of the drving forces behind the new centre. said reaching the hundreds of youth in the comâ€" munity is the most important part of the project "It‘s going to give them a place to go, a place to hang out," she said. "It‘s going to focus their energies in approâ€" priate ways "They need a place to do constructive things in an orgaâ€" nized way with guidelines and boundaries." A member of the Sunnydale Community Association, van der Breggen said that learning will be extended to tots and their mothers by January. Chilâ€" dren will also have a study area and access to computers. Food bank launches annual Thanksgiving Food Drive Homelessness in Waterloo Region is the focus for the Fo: Bank of Waterloo Region‘s 1999 Thanksgiving Food Drive, whi« kicks off today and will continue through Oct. 13. A 62â€"perâ€"ce increase in the number of people who required hot meals in 19 compared to the previous year points to an imncreased use of eme gency shelters. hostels and soup kitchens in the community: As result. the goal lor this vear‘s food drive is to collect 300000 tb . food ‘This is a significant problemâ€"one that will not go away soon," said Fred Lehmann, the food banks community relations manager "Our shelves need to be restocked, especially with colder weather on the way The public is encouraged to make donations of nonâ€"perishabl« food items at their nearest grocery stores or fire halls Approni mately 200 schools, places of worship and businesses have agree« to conduct food drives to help the food bank reach its goal "The community of Waterloo Region has always been extremely supportive of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region Lehmann said abe ?}-‘6\ A cashable GIC that pays ‘\03 o a higher rate of return e0", * on your investment 1.4.4. 6 4 & & & 6 Lloyd Browne (@ flipped burgers at bration, while As participants. o Ti T TT i T Ti Te aTIIn F7 (above right) at Saturday‘s S Ashlee Wilson A sense of ownership of the new community centre has already taken root. 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