RESOURCE LIST & DONATION APPEAL

The listing of resources for information on Essential Tremor and Parkinson's including symptoms, treatment, and support groups as well as deep brain stimulation is included in my book.  I have decided to share it here so that it will be available to as many people as possible.  I would like to ask my readers to consider donating to any of the organizations (with an *) below, perhaps in the name of a friend or relative who is or has been afflicted by one of these diseases.  I hope you will agree that this would be a wonderful Christmas gift.

1. Michael J. Fox Foundation* (http://www.michaeljfox.org/)

2. National Parkinson Foundation* (http://www.parkinson.org/)

3. Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center Movement Disorder Clinic*

(http://www.thebarrow.org/Neurological_Services/Muhammad_Ali_Parkinson_Center/index.htm)

4. American Parkinson’s Disease Association* (http://www.apdaparkinson.org/userND/%20index.asp)

6. National Young Onset Center* (http://www.youngparkinsons.org/)

7. Deep Brain Stimulation Information (http://www.medtronic.com/health-consumers/index.htm) or http://www.dbs-stn.org/*

8. International Essential Tremor Foundation* (http://www.essentialtremor.org/)

9. Davis Phinney Foundation* (http://www.davisphinneyfoundation.org/)

10. Parkinson Association of the Rockies* (http://www.parkinsonrockies.org/)

11. List of Parkinsons organizations worldwide: (http://www.pdcaregiver.org/Parkinsons_Organizations.html)

12. To get contact information for Parkinson’s organizations and support groups in your area go to: http://www.parkinson.org/Search%20Pages/Search.aspx?pSearchOpt=Local and http://www.apdaparkinson.org/userND/ChapterLocation.asp

13. For a referral to a movement disorder specialist in your area, contact the Movement Disorder Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 414-276-2145.

For information on Carson And His Shaky Paws Grampa or to place an order visit http://www.innovopublishing.com/Featured-Book-Shaky-Paws-Grampa.html