Books & Resources

Life With Parkinson’s: 50 Facts & More — a modern lifestyle manual for living with Parkinson’s disease — is filled with thoughtful and salient insights. This user-friendly reference — packed with detailed illustrations and inspirations — is meant to be saved, shared, and constantly referred to. It’s also perfect for care partners and families. Now available in Hardcopy & Kindle via Amazon. Learn more at www.50Facts.com.

The PD Movers - We Keep Moving storybook is a compilation of narratives of African American and Black individuals and caregivers who are living and thriving with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Supported by Columbia University Irving Institute for Translational Science, the authors hope these stories will educate others by removing the mysteries and misconceptions of PD and provide useful resources regarding diagnosis and treatment to allow others to thrive with the disease.

The Secret Life of Parkinson’s is a podcast created by Parkinson’s patients, sharing their stories and interviewing others, on things we deal with on a daily basis. It’s hard for people with PD to talk to others about the disease because sometimes it’s difficult for the patient themselves to describe what they are feeling. Talking to other PD patients helps us express what we are going through in ways we might not be able to express to family and friends.

The Center is founded on the philosophy that integrated, interdisciplinary care is the most effective approach for patients with movement disorders and disorders involving a group of circuits in the brain called the basal ganglia. The Center delivers motor, cognitive and behavioral diagnoses as well as various treatments all in one centralized location. Care is coordinated and provided by leading specialists from many advanced medical and surgical services.

The Upperstate Pole was designed to make day-to-day mobility easier. With the push of a button on the handle you can easily lengthen and shorten the pole to accommodate different situations. 

From a world-renowned and beloved doctor, an accessible guide with 100 delicious tried-and-tested recipes for healthy living — to eat well, live well, and stay well. Tapping this holistic approach, The Wellness Principles also touches on healthy living beyond the plate through physical exercise, stress management, better sleep, and complementary therapies.

This Is The Place is a podcast series produced by the PARK4U Foundation. Podcast hosts Paula Vargas and JM Kenny talk about their experiences with Parkinson’s disease and how their unique outlook has allowed them to thrive and continue living a meaningful life.

Together for Sharon is a movement to raise awareness and band together in search of a cure for Parkinson's disease. Started by a loving son's journey to keep the memory of his mom Sharon Riff Ackerman's memory alive, Together for Sharon helps spread awareness and educational resources for people and families impacted by the disease.

Created by longtime Team Fox member Mike DeBartolo, the “Touched by Parkinson’s” website strives to inspire those who live with Parkinson’s, and those who love us, with inspirational stories, resources and programs. People, community, faith, hope, love and gratitude play a central role in featured content encouraging those to live with Parkinson’s as well as they can. 

Remarkably honest, brutally heroic and darkly humorous memoir following a devastating diagnosis of early onset Parkinson's disease.

Twitch is a frank and funny memoir about picking up the pieces when personal tragedy hits. In 2021, Irish Examiner columnist, stylist, author and podcaster Annmarie O'Connor was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease, an incurable neurodegenerative condition broadly affecting movement and mental health. Though she is no longer working as a stylist as part of her career due to Parkinson's complications, Twitch outlines her journey from a life-altering diagnosis to becoming an activist and agent of change.