Schoolchildren get lessons in understanding Parkinson's THE Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) is launching an education pack for schools this month.
The PDS Education Pack will be piloted at Crab Lane Junior School, Manchester, and is aimed at increasing understanding of Parkinson's disease among children and can be integrated within the normal school curriculum.
PDS North West Area Officer Ian Prest and North Manchester Branch Secretary, Jim Trotman, will address schoolchildren, with Ian explaining what Parkinson's is and how it is treated. Jim will speak about the personal aspects of the condition and how he has coped since being diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 40.
There are more than 120,0000 people in the UK suffer from Parkinson's, a chronic, debilitating, and currently incurable condition, and around one million people live with Parkinson's as partners, family members and friends.
The project will highlight the many medical, social and emotional elements involved in Parkinson's and it is hoped that it will educate teachers, parents and families, as well as the children.
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