Update from the World Parkinson Congress
Update from the World Parkinson Congress
This July members of the international PD community will gather in Spain, for the 6th World Parkinson Congress (WPC). Join us for a discussion among local community members who were attending the Congress. They’ll share their takeaways from the event and will take your questions. **Can't make this date? Register to receive a link to the recording.** About our panelists: John Ball has lived with PD for 50 years. Edna Ball's experience with PD spans even longer - 61 years. She is John’s care partner, and cared for her late mother who lived with PD for 37 years. For 20 years, John and Edna Co-Chaired Team Parkinson, raising over $3 million in support of PD research through the Los Angeles Marathon. John has attended every WPC, and this will be Edna’s fourth Congress. Travis Robinson was diagnosed with Young Onset PD in 2014. Travis has been using photography to capture and share aspects of his life for over 20 years, and is taking his “Faces of Parkinson’s” photographic project to the WPC. Travis is also a co-host, with Judy Yaras, of the I’m Not Dead Yet! podcast, which focuses on life with PD. After Judy Yaras’s husband Sandy was diagnosed […]
