^^^^^^GREETINGS  FROM^^^^^^^^^^
Ivan Suzman  47/10   [log in to unmask]
Portland, Maine   land of lighthouses 45    deg. F
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Barb, and others..

PLEASE look for my description of the "NO PARKINSON'S" pins I designed
and had produced in 1996, in my other post to the list on Badge
Suggestions.

Yours,
Ivan

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:01:56 -0400 Barbara Mallut <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Jim S. and All....
>
>While the tulip pins sound "pretty," it sure doesn't convey any
>message as far
>as I can see.  And those little colored ribbon loops just say "take
>notice
>that some anonymous issue is dear to my heart," without MENTIONING the
>issue
>at all.
>
>Now that MAY indeed cause a few people to ask what our tulip or
>"loop-thinggee" stands for.... unless we're walking with a shuffling
>gait,
>have wild dystonia, have a tremor and/or other unpleasant highly
>visible signs
>of there being something wrong with us.   THAT would be (sadly) a
>total
>turn-off to most whom we'd like to ask us about what our ambiguous
>badge
>stands for.
>
>To make our job of educating the world a LOT easier, how about a badge
>that
>just lets it all hang out and has "Parkinson's Disease" on it, with a
>small
>red circle-with-a-line-thru-it?
>
>THAT way, it's a definite statement, rather than a wishy-washy unknown
>symbol?
>Let's not do it 1/2 way, People!!  We're ALREADY virtually invisible
>to most
>of the world, so let's not CONTINUE being invisible with such an
>ambiguous
>badge that no one's even know what it stands for!
>
>OK.... OK.... while I was writing the above, I got on the phone and
>called the
>promotions company that I've used in my business.  They make literally
>thousands of promotional items from tiny pins to printed drinking
>glasses to
>imprinted CD's, to you-name-it.
>
>I've asked for prices on a small rectangle (2 in. x 1/2 in) with a
>white
>background, "Parkinson's Disease" spelled out in black, and a small
>red
>circle-with-a-line-thru-it overlaid on top text.  The rep said she'd
>have a
>cost breakdown for me later today and I'll post here on the List as
>soon as I
>get the info.
>
>LET'S BE  V_I_S_I_B_L_E  m'friends!!
>
>Barb Mallut
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>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange  On Behalf Of James F.
>Slattery
>Sent:   Wednesday, April 30, 1997 1:48 AM
>To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
>Subject:        Re: Who do you tell?
>
>> From: Tim Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Who do you tell?
>
>> Has anyone out there any views on this, or any neat solutions?
>Wearing a
>> discreet badge or tiepin would be a good non-verbal signal, and I
>know
>that a
>> neat tulip motif button-hole badge is available.  The trouble is
>that
>it's
>> not yet a universally recognised symbol.  Perhaps if we all started
>wearing
>> one, it would become recognised.  I think responding to a question
>"That's a
>> interesting badge you're wearing, what does it signify?" might be
>one of
>the
>> most effective and least dramatic ways of making our condition
>known.
>
>Couldn't agree more!  For Aussies, there is such a pin available from
>state
>Parkinson's offices for $5, attached to a card with an explanation
>about
>PD.  Money raised goes to PD research. They are co-sponsored by Eli
>Lilly.
>
>Jim
>