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UK: Boy To Be Parkinson's Poster Face Friday, 16 April, 2004, 15:19 GMT 16:19 UK A Gloucestershire teenager is to become the new face of the Parkinson's Disease Society poster. Robert Duckworth, 16, from Winchcombe, was six-years-old when his mother Sue, 42, was diagnosed with Parkinson's. He started what has become a major fundraising effort with his school friends, which has now provided a specialist nurse for the county. The society is aiming to raise its profile with a new awareness campaign to be launched on Monday 19 April. "When she's well it's fine but when she's ill it's quite tough because we have to give her drugs and help her do stuff which she'd normally do herself," said Robert. His efforts have now been recognised by the Parkinson's Disease Society. Robert added: "I came home from school and mum and dad said I was going to be on the poster which I think is pretty cool." SOURCE: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/3633093.stm * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn