My Kind of Guy
No, I don’t mean dating-wise, although I’d love to have dinner with him. Michael Westphal, age 57, was a top long-distance runner as a young man. In 2006 he was […]
Other People’s Stories
End-of-Life Flicks Follow Up
Just when I thought I was through with intelligent end-of-life discussion, the New York Times’ magazine posts a related article, “The Last Day of Her Life.” It’s about Cornell psychology
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End-of-Life Flicks
First off, I love the blackbirds in this photo. Second, to follow up on Emily Dickinson’s fabulous poem (Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for
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New Website Seeks Your Personal Story
Former Massachusetts first lady Ann Romney and friends have kicked off a new website where people with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other neurological disorders can post their
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Why I Love My School
A colleague who works in our kindergarten recently wrote the following about an experience with one child (name changed): Worked with Oliver on beginning sounds of words (something he and a
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Parkinson’s Disease: Two Perspectives
1. This is what I think comes to many people’s mind when they hear that someone has Parkinson’s disease. They envision an elderly person, cloaked in stuffy clothes, confined to a
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Parkinson’s – The Comic Book
Louise Palmer created a comic book about her Parkinson’s disease. It’s serious and jokey – just like my website! Sing out, Louise!
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Who Really Cares About Executive Functions?
My all-time favorite article about Parkinson’s disease (Have You Lost Your Mind?) mentions that people with PD can remain cognitively brilliant in some areas (the article, written by a guy with PD,
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Strike a Pose. Vogue.
Federico Bitti, an Italian journalist, has dystonia, a form of uncontrollable non-stop muscle spasms shared by many people with Parkinson’s disease. He had to give up his job and eventually struggled to
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High Rate of Alzheimer’s
According to this NY Times article, “About one-third of Americans 85 and older have Alzheimer’s disease.” The article focuses on what will happen in New York City as the city’s
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