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I much appreciated Mr. Anderson's report, especially his description of his efforts to control his walking to avoid problems. The attitude he shows here will I am sure hold him in good stead. My husband also has atypical parkinson's, it now seems, although his gait problems, as I said in an earlier post, seemed to be more the regular PD problems. What struck me in reading Mr. Anderson's post was the difference between the way he approached the problem and the way my husband did: Michel would not admit there was a problem, and would not do anything about it. If he fell, it was, he said, because he tripped over something that was in the way. I can remember reading about the "heel to toe," "big step" strategies, talking about them to no avail, thinking that Michel wouldn't take my advice but might if he read it himself (still to no avail). Some months ago a poster talked about the difference between denial and dementia. I guess what I took for denial all this time was really the beginnings of dementia which has become a big problem since. I admire Mr. Anderson and wish him good continuation. Teresa Marcy