Using Storytelling and Improv to End Parkinson’s Disease
A powerful 16-week online program for PwP where you can explore, write, and share your stories, using the Hero's Journey and The Shawshank Redemption as guides to transcend feelings of being trapped, stuck, and isolated. .
Steeping Hope: PDTEA's Journey from Argentina to Parkinson's Relief
Embark on a remarkable exploration of PDTEA, a specially blended tea that began as a chance discovery on a cycling path in Argentina. Combining ten purposeful ingredients, each aimed at alleviating Parkinson's symptoms, this brew is gaining accolades from those who have experienced its benefits. Learn how PDTEA's creator, Lloyd Taylor, is sharing this innovative solution with others and supporting the broader mission to end Parkinson's through a partnership with the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
PARKINSON’S DISEASE: THE FASTEST GROWING SUPPORTING CHARACTER IN HOLLYWOOD
PARKINSON’S DISEASE: THE FASTEST GROWING SUPPORTING CHARACTER IN HOLLYWOOD
In recent years, Parkinson's disease (PD) has become a prominent feature in Hollywood, with many actors playing characters with the disease on both the big and small screens. From movies like Late Night and Mank, to shows such as Shrinking, Kaleidoscope, and The Good Fight, actors such as Harrison Ford, John Lithgow, and Jamie McShane have taken on the challenging roles of characters with PD.
Six Action Steps to Address Global Disparities in Parkinson Disease
Six Action Steps to Address Global Disparities in Parkinson Disease
A World Health Organization Priority
3 Minute Test to Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease
Joy Milne is known the world over as the woman who can smell Parkinson’s. PD Avengers President Larry Gifford talked with her and Professor Perdita Barron, the Director of the Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry at The University of Manchester, who’ve been working side by side hand to nose for years identifying what exactly it is that Joy smells and if it can be used as a way to diagnose Parkinson’s.
Planning for Prevention of Parkinson’s
Join us at the Liberty Hotel in Boston, MA or online from Sunday, October 2nd to Monday, October 3rd to explore and help shape designs for the first therapeutic trials to pursue Parkinson's disease prevention. View the agenda updated with new advocacy, regulatory, and industry perspectives.
PD AVENGERS MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
When were you/loved one first diagnosed?
My name is Rob Warner and I was diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease in 2007 when I was 33 years old.
Why did you want to become a PD Avenger?
I can’t remember how I came across the book “Ending Parkinson’s Disease” but after reading it I wanted to March on Washington! Non-violently of course but I didn’t know how to do it. But when listening to Larry Gifford’s podcast, “When LIfe Gives You Parkinson’s” and hearing he had started the PD Avengers I knew I wanted to be a part of such an awesome organization whose main focus is to end Parkinson’s.
The Bill To End Parkinson’s
“The most comprehensive, boldest, widespread piece of legislation specific to Parkinson’s disease ever introduced in the history of the U.S. congress.” — Ted Thompson, SVP Public Policy, The Michael J. Fox Foundation
PD Avengers Assemble - July 2022
Updates on Paraquat Lawsuits, PMD Alliance’s “All In” Conference, the inaugural Improv for Parkinson’s Summit, Every Victory Counts guide now available in Canada thanks to a collaboration between Davis Phinney Foundation and Parkinson’s Canada and more.
Sit2Stand Challenge
The PD Avengers are challenging YOU to see how many sit2stands you can do in a minute on World Parkinson’s Day with our partners; Neuro Heroes, Parkinson’s Africa, U-Turn Parkinsons and Rock Steady Boxing
Open Letter to Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO)
World Parkinson’s Day is on 11 April.
Today the United Nations and the WHO do not recognise it on their websites, calendars, official media releases, or social media channels.
We are humbly and respectfully requesting your support and formal recognition of World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April. We have included a media release and additional documents which may aid your participation through social media. Hopefully, we can spark a conversation to have World Parkinson’s Day formally recognised by the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
GLOBAL ALLIANCE TO END PARKINSON’S DISEASE LAUNCHES NEW SYMBOL FOR PARKINSON’S AWARENESS
More than 80 Parkinson’s disease organizations and thousands of advocates from 83 countries announce the launch of ‘The Spark,’ a new international symbol for Parkinson’s awareness, to increase conversation and public awareness around the world’s fastest growing neurological disease. The symbol will be promoted and shared around the world during World Parkinson’s Day on Monday, April 11, 2022.