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Ron wrote: > > > Actually, all I had in mind re obits was a pamphlet with suggested text > ( "died of x after a long battle with parkinsons") and some explanatory > text about the need for visibility of parkinsons. I think this is, of itself, a good idea and well worth implementing as part of a wider campaign. It would certainly raise PD awareness in that part of the population which reads the obits pages and through their conversations with family and friends would reach a more general group of the population. It might even increase the impact if "after a long battle with parkinson's" was made more specific eg "after a 15(2,10,25 whatever) year battle with Parkinson's". I do however stand by my earlier comments that we as a community will need to find ways to make ourselves more interesting to the world at large if we are to raise our profile in the media. I was not of course advocating actually rioting or murdering. Think of the stories though: "The riot at Parkinson's Prison reached stalemate today as authorities found the list of demands of the Prisoners of Parkinson's to be illegible" or " A spokesman for the PFVP [Popular Front for the Visibility of Parkinson's] said today that they would shake a hostage every hour on the hour until a cure was found". It is my profound hope that by the time they write my obituary Parkinson's won't rate a mention - but I won't hold my breath on that one until I'm forced to. Dennis. ************************************************* Dennis Greene 48/10 [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ **************************************************