A suggestion....forward each of these messages...Ali's testimony & Joan's to every news agency in your area of the world...more publicity for us invisible pwp's could equal more research dollars. Most news agencies publish an email address where they can be reached. If you can't find the email address, phone and ask for one or print the messages and fax or snail mail them. Those messages were two of the most powerful I have read in the more-than 3 years of this list. Let's get the word out. Those of us who don't live in the US can't lobby too effectively for the Udall bill but we can make the media in the rest of the world more aware of the high cost of Parkinson's...not only in dollars but in quality of life. Thank you, Joan, Muhammed & Lonnie. Barb =========================================================================== Barbara Patterson [log in to unmask] HSC 2J22 905-525-9140, ext. 22403 School of Nursing ===========================================================================