The fastest growing neurological condition in the world

When James looked out of his window observing people walking down the streets of London he wasn’t aware that his discovery will become so ground breaking for us now.

He was surprised by the odd ways some people staggered along. They walked slowly and shared the same form of shaking movement.

What he discovered and described as ‘The Shaking Palsy” was later named after him.

It’s now the fastest growing neurological condition in the world and the second most common after dementia.

His name was James Parkinson and the disease we’re talking about is called Parkinson’s disease or for short Parkinson’s.

As it’s growing faster and faster you might have come in contact with it already. Maybe you have heard about it, know people who are affected by it or you might be diagnosed with it.

I myself know of at least two people who are living with Parkinson’s. How many do you know?

In any case expanding your knowledge about this disease might make a difference in the long run.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.

Henry Ford

Learn more about Parkinson’s

In February 2025 I enrolled in a brand new Parkinson’s MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). This course has been developed in conjunction with the Wicking Dementia Centre and Menzies Institute for Medical Research and was as informative as the previous ones I’ve tried. (I wrote about those in my newsletter “Back To School?” from 9th September 2020).

It’s a self paced online course where the modules were released weekly. It’s completely free for you to join and to uncover everything about Parkinson’s Disease—its symptoms, treatments, and the cutting-edge research shaping the future.

Since then they have made some adjustments and NOW it’s open all the time. This allows you to go through the modules and quizzes in your own time.

Beside the Parkinson’s MOOC there is the Tasmania Parkinson’s Project. Most of their information is open to everybody.

The Tasmania Parkinson’s Project is constantly offering webinars on interesting subjects. You’ll find the recordings of all their past webinars on exercise, diet, medications, speech and much more on their website.

What are you learning at the moment?

Have you tried another MOOC already?

Do you have some you can recommend?

Are you going to enrol in the Parkinson’s MOOC?

I’m curious and love hearing back from you. Send me an email to info@movingexperience.eu. Or even better, sign up for my weekly newsletter to start a conversation.

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