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Subj: re:YOUNGEST PARKINSON PERSON Date: 08/15/96 To: [log in to unmask] Dear Bev, What an uplifting letter you wrote to Jacob! I am the coordinator of the Amer Parkinson's Disease Association's Young-Onset PD Information & Referral Center. I publish a newsletter three times a year to the young PD population. With your permission, I would like to reprint your letter in an edition of our newsletter. May I use your name? If you will give me your snail mail address, I will send you the copy in which we use your letter. thanks again for your input into the PD list. I am also giving your letter my father who was diagnosed with PD at the age of 76(2 years ago). It has amazed me how this man, who was always well read (he's a physician)and a "doer" has become depressed and adopted an attitude of "victim " : If I can't do what I used to do then I can't do anything." It's like he is stuck in one way of looking and thinking about himself and the effort required to make a shift is just something he cannot find in himself. I think your letter will be very encouraging to him. Susan Reese APDA I&R Center Coordinator 2100 Pfingsten Road Glenview, Il 60025 1/800-223-9776 [log in to unmask]