Stanford PD Community Blog

Lots of Parkinson’s disease (PD)-related organizations host webinars on various aspects of PD — usually symptoms or treatments.  Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach publishes monthly lists of these webinars and virtual meetings.  Lots of people ask us about finding the archived recordings.  Here’s a list of some PD organizations and recordings to their past webinars and virtual meetings.  Also included is a list to their current virtual offerings.

Back in October, the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) welcomed Dr. Holly Shill to host a webinar providing perspectives to help viewers map out a future living with PD.  Holly Shill, MD is the director of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and Movement Disorder Program at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.

On December 11th PMD Alliance hosted a webinar on Parkinson’s and Speech as part of the wHolistic series.  In this very informative hour CCC-SLP, Nicole Herndon, spoke about why speech changes occur with PD as well as treatment options and strategies for both the speaker and listener to improve communication.

The Houston Area Parkinson’s Society (HAPS) hosted a day-long conference for caregivers in November. One of the lectures was presented by Christine Salinas, certified driver rehabilitation specialist in Houston. She discussed the biggest concerns around a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) driving, as well as provided different techniques to evaluate if someone should continue driving or stop for their own safety. Although this conference was for caregivers, everyone in the PD community might be interested in these lecture notes.