I’ve blogged recently about a local tennis table center which hosts a weekly night for people with Parkinson’s disease. But now I’ve met, via email, Navin Kumar, a top-ranked ping-pong athlete […]
Navin Kumar – Parkie Ping Pong Powerhouse Read More »
I’ve blogged twice now (click! click!) about the weekly Parkinson’s night at a local table tennis center, and now there’s more to come. Here’s another news clip about the event
Parkie Ping-Pong: Part 3 and Counting Read More »
Today I am responding via my six Reader Response Questions to a 2014 New Yorker article by Michael Kinsley, “Have You Lost Your Mind?” Click here to read the background of
Reader Response: Have Your Lost Your Mind? Read More »
The BBC has a terrific video about a computer wizard in London who developed hardware and software that quell Parkinson tremors in the hand of Young Onset Parkie Emma Lawton.
Quelling Tremors One Hand at a Time Read More »
American baseball great Dave Parker was, like me, diagnosed with PD four years ago. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette just posted an article about how he’s dealing with PD at the four-year mark,
Parkinson Pantheon Update: Dave Parker Read More »
Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General, just passed away from complications arising from Parkinson’s disease. She was diagnosed in 1995, but continued to work long
Parkinson Pantheon Update: Janet Reno Read More »
As I posted earlier, I’m now reviewing books and articles about PD, using a reader response format that I created for students at my school, the Bronx Charter School
Reader Response – Shadow Over My Brain Read More »
I realized at the recent World Parkinson Congress that I should be reading more books and articles about PD, and that my blog posts could dive more deeply when I
Change #3 After the World Parkinson Congress: Deeper Reporting. Case #1: Yuma Bev Read More »
In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry: Bette Midler singing “Sunrise Sunset” from the play Fiddler on
Sunny Sundays – WPC Edition! Read More »
The sky on Thursday morning at the World Parkinson Congress was overcast and gray. Where could we find some parking suns? Let’s start with an early morning power breakfast meeting
Cloudy Thursday Morning. Where are the Parking Suns? Read More »