Plymouth man with Tourette Syndrome, Brent, features on Channel 4s The Undateables
A Plymouth man is featuring on a Channel 4 documentary examining the difficulties people with disabilities have finding love.
Twenty-one-year-old Brent Zillwood, from Plymouth, has been single for nearly a year since coming out of a long-term relationship.
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He is one of three people featuring on tonight's episode of The Undateables.
Brent's Tourette syndrome includes shouting, swearing and involuntary movements, but dating can help with his condition.
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During the show he goes on a date with Plymouth bar-worker Lizzie, and they then go snow-boarding.
The show features Brent in his Plymouth flat, walking around the city's seafront and meeting with friends in a Plymouth pub.
Brent was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome when he was 15, and his tics include shouting, swearing and involuntary movements, although rapping helps calm his tics.
When Brent was in love, his Tourette's tics virtually disappeared, and he's looking to recapture that.
He's looking for someone that he can feel comfortable with.
Brent said: "I know when I sleep in bed next to someone -no Tourette's, no insomnia, no nightmares."
Brent has completed a university degree in film-making and has worked with a group to create a short film documenting his syndrome and the tactics he uses to control it.
His aim is to encourage other sufferers to control the condition through creativity.
Brent vs Tourette's from Fixers UK on Vimeo.
Comments
by timplymouth
Tuesday, January 08 2013, 9:46PM
“Very brave to go on T.V. with something that can be so embarrassing.”
by mediclad
Tuesday, January 08 2013, 9:40PM
“Shoddy headline yet again Herald!! Plymouth man with Tourette Syndrome, Brent, featires on Channel 4s The Undateables. Should it not read FEATURES and not featires!!!!
Im so glad I dont pay for this drivel!”