I imagine she's worried about her career, or maybe she's in denial, BUT I wonder if she realizes the damage she does to PD awareness/education whenever she implies that Parkinson's is nothing but a damned nuisance? I also wonder if anybody has asked her this? Carole H. --- Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From the interview: > > > RENO: Some days it does, some days it doesn't. > [Points to her hands.] > > This is the primary symptom. Some days I get > stiff, but I think that's > > from lack of exercise in this [right} hand, > because of the shaking of this > > hand. > > > > Q: Is that frustrating? > > > > RENO: No. I just think of what it must be like > for people who have > > difficulties, who stutter, who have cancer. And > you think, Gosh, I'm > > fortunate. > > Wouldn't it be nice if high profile PWP still > fortunate enough to be > exhibiting early or early middle stage PD would > preface statements such as > the above with something on the lines of "At the > stage I've reached I can > still think ..." or even, in the case above, have > added - 'who have more > advanced PD' - between 'stutter' and 'cancer'. As > it is Ms Reno has > portrayed PD as something less disabling than a > stutter, something which is > not even a 'difficulty'. God only knows how many > months of profile and > awareness raising she has undone. I would think > that the PD associations > in the US would be justified in protesting Ms Reno's > comments in as loud a > voice as they have the ability to use. > > Actually, a more productive approach would probably > be for the associations > to approach high profile PWP who take it upon > themselves to comment > misleadingly on PD and request that they appraise > themselves of the > realities of the situation before pronouncing on it. > > (Note: I am aware that later in the interview Ms > Reno acknowledges that she > will get worse and does use the words 'so far I > think i'm fortunate'. Sadly > they are used after the damage is done). > > Dennis. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Dennis Greene 49/dx 37/ onset 32 > There's nothing wrong with me that a cure for PD > won't fix! > email - [log in to unmask] > Website - http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com