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Sunny Sundays!

July 10, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry:  Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald come together on “You Are […]

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Throwback Thursdays Art

July 7, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 4 Comments

Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution

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Heart, Awakened

July 7, 2016 | Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Poetry, SubTLE | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Awakening the Heart:  Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School is the title of a book written by Georgia Heard, an internationally famous poet and teacher.  I studied poetry (and

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Let’s Move to New Jersey!

July 5, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Central New Jersey has a well-rounded program for people with Parkinson’s.  It includes: physical therapy occupational therapy speech and voice therapy athletic training groups sessions in “stretching and strengthening, a

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Help Support Parkinson’s Disease Research!

July 3, 2016 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Dear Friend of “Parking Suns”: Please support me as I enter three long distance, open water swim competitions this summer to raise money for, and awareness of, dystonia and Parkinson’s disease.  All donations

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Sunny Sundays!

July 3, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry:  Mungo Jerry‘s “In the Summertime.” “When the sun goes down, you

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Man With PD Livens Up With Falconry!

June 30, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | Leave a Comment

Here’s a heartwarming story about a man who’s had PD for decades and is wheelchair-bound, mostly speechless, and rather inactive.  However, he bounced back to life when he met Shay, a

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Throwback Thursdays Art

June 30, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Throwback Thursdays Art | Bruce | 5 Comments

Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution

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Sunny Sundays!

June 26, 2016 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Sunny Sundays | Bruce | Leave a Comment

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry:  “The Twilight Zone,” by the Manhattan Transfer. Why? Explanation below!

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Michael J. Fox Foundation on Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s Disease

June 25, 2016 | Michael J. Fox Foundation, Other People's Stories, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | Leave a Comment

As I noted before (click!), plenty of news outlets are willing to attribute Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s disease to the innumerable hits to the head that Ali received during his boxing career.

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Bruce Ballard

Bruce Ballard

My name is Bruce Ballard. I started this website in February, 2015, to promote an “enriched environment” for people with Parkinson’s disease, including myself. Enjoy!

I'm an official blogger for the 2016 World Parkinson Congress (Portland, Oregon, USA) and the 2019 World Parkinson Congress (Kyoto, Japan). Click on the logo to learn more!

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