I’ve sat in a lot of support group rooms and seminar halls over the years. Somewhere around the second or third speaker, it happens — someone at the podium looks out at a room full of people with Parkinson’s disease who drove themselves there, who...
Tuesday November 5, 2024 is election day, and no matter your preferred candidate, YOUR VOTE COUNTS! But, if Parkinson’s disease, a stroke affecting your dominant hand, or any problem affecting your fine motor control for writing, your signature may be...
When seeing a patient for the first time, or for an annual re-assessment, they are required to sign a form, with four signature lines. If a patient has Parkinson’s disease, they will usually state that their handwriting is “horrible,” and rarely, if ever, do all four...
A friend of mine has a two year old with a recent diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. I asked her how it felt to have her child labeled autistic. Was it scary? Was it a relief to have a name attached to his symptoms? Did it help with funding for services? Her...
