Unlikely Beginnings It wasn’t love at first sight. When George and Judy met, he was dating her college roommate. But by the time summer rolled…
Ashley AstiNovember 28, 2022
“In the collective imagination, Parkinson’s is a man’s disease.”– Sabela Avión, Cofounder, Con P de Párkinson When Sabela Avión was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2014,…
Ashley AstiAugust 30, 2022
The last time Jennifer Thomas, who goes by Niffie, remembers drawing anything, she was in elementary school: “I think I drew a tree,” she laughed.…
Ashley AstiAugust 1, 2022
Growing up, Robert Cochrane never noticed that his dad didn’t really love baseball. Robert loved baseball: the history of the game, the announcers’ voices, the…
Ashley AstiJune 1, 2022
The first time Lisa Pritzl’s mom put sparkly tap shoes on her feet at age three, she knew: dance was for her. Today, after twenty…
Ashley AstiMay 23, 2022
Eleven years ago, when Ana María Tamayo’s husband Ray was diagnosed with Parkinson's by one of the top neurologists in Lima, Peru, where they live,…
Ashley AstiMay 11, 2022
Karen Missenden When Karen Missenden’s doctor recommended deep brain stimulation (DBS) three years after her Parkinson’s diagnosis, she told me, “My actual words to him…
Ashley AstiApril 28, 2022
“I was in solitary confinement with a man who was advanced in his Parkinson’s. It was an extremely horrible experience. The man really struggled to…
Ashley AstiApril 5, 2022
Soania Mathur was 27 when everything changed. She was living a full life. She had just started a full-time family medical practice in Ontario, had…
Ashley AstiMarch 5, 2022
