Checkout PD Movers on Instagram!

Did you know that AA/Black individuals are half as likely to be diagnosed with PD as whites? Some face delays of 10 years and longer! Let’s Close the Gap for AA/Blacks with Parkinson’s disease!

Let’s educate providers and empower the community so individuals and families get the care they need! Read the PD Movers Stories (link in bio), Share, and Spread the word! Mov Disord. 2009 Jun 15; 24(8): 1200–1205.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerso

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost

100 students from across the country will go Walt Disney World Resort March 23-26 for the 16th annual Dreamers Academy aimed at broadening career awareness and creating exclusive opportunities for Black students and teens from underrepresented communities linkedin.com/posts/activity…

There are many members available in a PD care team. Do you know how each member can help? What impact does a social worker have on a patient, care partner and family? #parkinson #womenpd #blackpd linkedin.com/posts/activity…

[3/4] Thank you, Tambra Raye Stevenson for your illuminating article, "African Heritage Diet as Medicine: How Black Food Can Heal the Community," which is helping to shift the dialogue on healthy eating. Read the full piece: bit.ly/3X8VRdu

Join the editors of the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice (MDCP) journal and other renowned experts for an important discussion about inequities in movement disorders care around the world. Marcelo Merello Kailash Bhatia, loom.ly/BTVdaNI

[2/3] Get practical tips for healthy eating and answers to your pressing questions on the topic in michaeljfox.org's latest podcast, Food for Thought: Answering Your Questions on Diet, Brain Health and Parkinson's.

[3/3] I had so much fun -- and learned a little myself! -- speaking with expert dietitians Paula Montagna MS, RD, CDN and Vanessa Rissetto, MS, RD, and community members Denise B Coley and her spouse and "Quarantine Chef" R Bernard Coley. bit.ly/3x8owVK

So proud of the body of work and the innovations that are being fueled by advocacy of #women living with #Parkinsons PD Avengers Women’s Parkinson’s Project Women's Brain Foundation Twitchy Woman @Conpdeparkinson Women Neurologists Group 💪🏽❤️🙏🏾

The Scientific Program for the World Parkinson Congress is available to view here: wpc2023.org/ScientificProg… Early Registration is open until March 24, 2023. wpc2023.org/RegFees #wpc2023 #parkinsons

My heart goes out to Bruce Willis and his family, & also my gratitude for shining a much needed light on this disease. When people step forward it helps all of us. When people get a diagnosis it’s extremely difficult, but also for most a relief to get a diagnosis.

Take care

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Looking forward to the amazing program!

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