Books & Resources

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How One Man Is Winning His Battle Against Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease. (Myson Publishing, Inc., 2004)

Diagnosis Dystonia takes readers on a personal and educational journey full of valuable information for the newly diagnosed, as well as for those who have lived with dystonia for years. Tom provides practical information for emotionally adjusting to the diagnosis and subsequent lifestyle changes, offering coping skills, healthy living strategies and treatment options. (Shadow Panther Press, 2015)

Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease almost two decades ago, Mary Huston McLendon shares a collection of stories that describe her positive and straightforward approach to navigating Parkinson’s.

Every Step Is a Gift: Caregiving, Endurance, and the Path to Gratitude explores Josh Lasky’s eleven-year journey as a caregiver to his father who battled Parkinson’s Disease. Josh was just twenty-one when he took on this Herculean responsibility, and although his story is unique, it is also universal.

A book of portraits and stories of people with Parkinson’s. Each purchase allows the author to send a copy to a person with the disease for free.

In From Parkinson’s to a Poet, author Melody Eddins shares her experiences living with Parkinson’s disease and how she turned to poetry as a form of therapy and expression. Her poems are meant to inspire readers through both laughter and tears as she recounts stories from her life as a wife, mother and grandmother.

FasterCures offers this short, easy to understand backgrounder on the different stages of medical research required to develop a new drug, and on some of the hurdles that slow progress toward breakthroughs.

Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life by MJFF community member Linda Olson, explores her personal journey of courage and resilience after surviving a traumatic accident. The memoir inspires readers to find not only courage but also laughter in the unexpected challenges we all face.

“Goodbye Parkinson’s, Hello Life!” presents the Gyro-Kinetic method of exercise that combines dance therapy, behavior modification and martial arts to help people with Parkinson’s manage their symptoms and cope with the disease.