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Does anyone know what "CAMS" is? I think that's where she said she went, but maybe I heard it wrong.

Also, is she saying that she spontaneously got diagnosed while she was there for just a check-up? That seems very odd.

Around 4:20 she says that Tourette's came about because of Asperger's. What might she be talking about?

She said it very early on I the video too... The context was something like, "I went to cams and got diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome." My guess would be that it's a medical assessment place, but I'm not sure...

Best guess from a bit of googling.

It is 'CAMHS' which is 'Child and adolescent mental health services'.

http://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/camhs/

Apparently she was already receiving some kind of care for OCD and Tourette's--the people at the clinic thought something else was up, looked into it and diagnosed Aspergers. That wouldn't be so odd.

She also says that it's all pretty new to her and she doesn't know much about it. I haven't seen any suggestion elsewhere that autism plays a causative role in tourette's or OCD but some studies suggest a common set of genetic variations may play a role in all three (along with several other disorders) and some studies show that about 30% of autistic people also have OCD and the rate of Tourette's in autistic people is about double the rate in non autistic people. It may be that she was oversimplifying the idea of that connection or misunderstood something they told her at the clinic.