Larry, First let me say, I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I appreciate you sharing that with me. Actually, that helps me a lot. Right now I am having trouble finding a topic to search. I know it is going to be about PD, but I am not sure what question I should be trying to answer. I started off with my question being "How does Parkinson's disease affect speech". Obviously, that topic is too broad. Now I am kind of in between topics...learning about swallowing & all that goes along with that. I'm going to have to talk to my teacher about maybe making that my topic. I know your intensions on telling me that were not so that I would research that topic, but it may have been what I needed!! About your brother and the speech therapist, I'm not sure what her reasons were for choosing that type of therapy. However, I wish you and your brother the best & I thank you for sharing your story with me Julie:) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn