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Our Mission

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Who We Are

We provide essential resources to those living with a movement disorder diagnosis and to the loved ones and professionals supporting them. With on-demand education and local events, our programs meet people where they are with the promise: there’s a place for you here.

Why we're here

Our Mission

Parkinson & Movement Disorder Alliance connects everyone impacted by movement disorders—across diagnoses and experiences—to foster community, expand resources, and enhance care.

how we see it

Our Vision

We envision a world where care systems and communities collaborate to guarantee access, amplify impact, and promote well-being for everyone in the Movement Disorders Ecosystem.

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Our Values

CONNECTION

People are more than their disease, role, or profession. We celebrate our unique communities and their diverse needs with programs that balance information with opportunities to connect.

AUTHENTICITY

We invite vulnerability and in-depth discussion on topics that most impact those we serve, strategizing solutions together based on the needs that emerge.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnership is the core of lasting services and organizational health. We work alongside our donors, supporters, and partners to implement the changes they envision in their communities.

SUSTAINABILITY

It’s through connection that we grow capacity. With their participation, feedback, and financial support, our community powers programs that serve and inspire them.

RISK-TAKING

We must risk going beyond what is easy or common to create programs that exhilarate, energize, and spur lasting change. We extend our resources to meet people where they are.

Meet Sarah Jones

Our Founder's Story

Over a decade ago, PMD Alliance was created out of a deep desire to help everyone impacted by a movement disorder diagnosis. Now, we provide free resources and education to people in 50 states and more than 40 countries. All because of a shared vision to walk this journey alongside people with movement disorders.

My father-in-law's Parkinson's was stealing his very existence and simultaneously breaking my once fiercely energetic mother-in-law. Millions of dollars were pouring into research in attempt to change the future, and meanwhile no one had a service model focused on the people living with a degenerative disease today. I knew I had to do something...

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