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Episode Details: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's

Independent Lens

Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's

Episode #2512

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Summary: Navigate the lives of three people in the face of Parkinson's disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother becomes an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates continuing to draw as his motor control declines.

Full Length: 57 minutes


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