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This is in the wake of radical emerging findings that neurological conditions shouldn\u2019t always be looked at in negative terms. Leading scientists and psychologists are brought in to show how harnessing the conditions can lead to outstanding ability and eventually to a dream job.<\/p>\n<p>Tom, who is 27 and lives in Staffordshire, has Tourette\u2019s Syndrome. A film crew from Optomen Television spent a day in January capturing his journey on camera as he went about campus, meeting friends, and attending classes. A clip of Tom\u2019s activities at Reaseheath comes at the end of the second programme in the series, which will air on <strong>BBC2 tonight (Wednesday, March 30) at 9pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the staff of the countryside department for their support and co-operation during the preparation for filming, and throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch up on the first episode of &#8216;Employable Me\u2019 on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b0755nzh\/employable-me-episode-1\" target=\"_blank\">BBC iplayer<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Reaseheath countryside student is one of the stars in a groundbreaking\u00a0 TV series about the unique abilities of people who have neuro-diverse conditions. \u2018Employable Me\u2019 uses science to uncover [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":53839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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