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Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

Season 25 Episode 14 | 54m 41sVideo has Audio Description

Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease.

In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.

04/08/2024 | Expires 05/05/2029 | Rating TV-14

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Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

Season 25 Episode 14 | 54m 41sVideo has Audio Description

In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.

04/08/2024 | Expires 05/05/2029 | Rating TV-14

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