Justin Bachman ’19 has never forgotten the day that changed his life and started him on his mission.
Bachman, who has Tourette Syndrome, was disqualified from an eighth-grade cross country meet because of the involuntary noises he makes due to the neurological condition.
“The officials had no idea what Tourette Syndrome was, even though I was trying to explain it and trying to handle the situation as best as I could,” says Bachman, whose teammates also tried to intervene. “The referees refused to understand my differences. It was a situation that I knew I couldn’t win, and it was a situation that I never wanted to feel myself in again.” Read the full article at SU News.