Advocacy for Parkinson's Disease Awareness

Arrest-- it would affect my work and my relationships with audiences would

they

lack if they knew I was sick.

Um, so, uh, and then I was stunned by the support I had,

and support

from all of you

who so,

um,

uplifting and, and, and, and just, just made me feel like I could keep doing

this.

I hadn't lost what I do, and they couldn't take it away from me,

and it's because

you stood up for me, and I appreciate it.

Eventually, I, I understood that accepting Parkinson's didn't mean I

had to

surrender to it. It, it just meant doing what I could for

everyone living with this

disease. So I set out to advocate pa-- for patients' needs and raise

money

and, uh, to propel us towards a cure.

I found a brilliant-- I found brilliant people to start--

to lead-- I'm sorry, I'm

losing it. I f-found brilliant people to, to lead the effort for me and

vowed to fund the best science in the world.

I'm proud of the progress we've made to benefit Parkinson's patients and families,

but we move closer to this-- eradicating this disease forever.

I'm deeply grateful to our staff, donors, researchers, and

most of all, the patient community who make our work at

Michael J.

Fox Foundation possible. Special shout out to Debbie Brooks who's

over there

with my family,

who is my-