lobbying with Alzheimer’s
Great article from the AP about earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s allowing patients to become lobbyists for their cause. I encourage more people in the early stages to make their voices heard. There is a stigma attached with Alzheimer’s-the second that someone finds out you have it you’re treated, as they mention in the article, like you’re stupid. Even with my dad, I sometimes find myself talking to him as if he’s a child instead of a 62 year old man with a Ph.D. Most everyone in our family, if they do talk directly to him, talk to him this way.
I look forward to hearing more from these people as it’s the only way that we can better our understanding of what’s happening to them.
