Ti all of you who have made this new resource possible, I thank ou y ou for far more than you can ever know. As you know, I have been involved in a months' long battle to regain custody of my daughters. When i was asked what support I would be able to give them in the event they did come home, I mentioned the establishment of this list. This was greeted with much acclaim by the welfare workers involved, as something that would surely aid my daughters' adjustment to living with a Parkinsonian mother. THank you for your timely appearance. Hilary Blue. PS Jessi is coming home in June, and Jane Amy in August ******************************* YoungPD I&R wrote: > > Subj: Introducing PDKIDS > > Hi Everyone, > > A while ago there was quite a bit of dicussion of this List about the need > for an Internet List for kids that would allow them to share the same type of > information & support we give each other on this List. So I thought the > following announcement would be of interest to everyone. > > If you know of kids who live with a family member who has PD, enourage them > to send an email to subscribe to PDKIDS. This is a list for all PDKIDS > through teenage years. > > A special thank you to our friend Simon Coles and the Adreinne Coles Memorial > Trust for partnering with us on this project. > > The American Parkinson Disease Association Young PD Information and Referral > Center was created to help the entire family of the person with young-onset > PD. We think this is a much needed addition to our information & support > services. > > Susan Reese, RN, LCSW > National Coordinator > American Parkinson Disease Association > Young PD I&R Center > 1/800-223-9776 > ___________________________ > INTRODUCING PDKIDS > > The American Parkinson Disease Association Young Parkinson's Information & > Referral Center (http://members.aol.com/apdaypd) in partnership with the > Adrienne Coles Memorial Trust (http://www.coles.org.uk/) is sponsoring > PDKIDS, an email discussion list for kids who are living in a family with > Parkinson's Disease. > > PDKIDS was established as a forum for children (through teenage years) > affected by PD to have a place to share with each other. Kids may discuss in > confidence (to the extent that an Internet list will allow) anything they > wish about living with a parent or grandparent who has PD. > > A word about privacy: Subscriber names and personal email addresses will be > automatically deleted from email headers posted to the list to ensure > confidentiality. Using the "reply" button to respond to a member's posted > email will go directly to the PDKIDS list, not to an individual member. > There will be a "light adult presence" on the list, serving to provide > technical guidance and to ensure that the conversation remains constructive. > This "presence" will be provided by the APDA Young Parkinson's Information & > Referral Center and by Simon Coles, the administrator of the Adrienne Coles > Memorial Trust and himself an adult PD kid. The list archive is private to > list members. > > To join PDKIDS, send an email to > [log in to unmask] > > To discuss Parkinson's Disease in general, please join one of the > lists at http://www.coles.org.uk/community.htm > > To reach the list owners, send an email to > [log in to unmask]