For seven years, Deb and her husband, Gary, kept his Parkinson’s a secret. It was 1985, thirteen years before Michael J. Fox would announce his…
Ashley AstiNovember 17, 2023
In April 2021, Bernard, my husband, and I were invited to attend a meeting with doctors and researchers from Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, and…
Denise ColeySeptember 1, 2023
“Will you come sit for a spell? I’ve been missing you.” As I read the text from my grandmother, the guilt was immediate. For the…
Regan HinshawMarch 31, 2023
We dance in the hallways. He smells like I imagine nighttime Adam might smell and I smell like his hair and the skin…
Ashley AstiFebruary 2, 2023
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
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
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
Joan Lincoln and PMD Alliance's very own Anissa Mitchell share in this personal and candid Storycorps audio recording on caring for a loved one with…
admin@pmdalliance.orgMarch 9, 2022
Passion. For nearly thirty years, Tommy Burke’s life was Hollywood. Born in Boston and raised by Depression-era parents, his family had other plans for him.…
Ashley AstiFebruary 21, 2022
