b'REACHING FOR A FULLER LIFE7 thAnnual Within Our Reach Parkinsons Disease Symposium Features Actor Don Most Now in its seventh successful year, thevignettes featuring himself and hisskill centers, including Tai Chi, boxing, 2019 Within Our Reach Parkinsonswife, Most traced his journey andpickle ball, rhythm drums or the Disease Symposium took a star turngrowth of understanding as a careParkinsonics singing group. Movement by having noted director, actor andpartner to Morgan, who is also anexperts were on hand to provide singer Don Most on hand as theactor. As a caretaker, you need toinstruction and strategic tips.events keynote speaker. The popularfully understand the subtle ways thatAfter lunch, notable University of daylong event, held in April at theParkinsons affects someone, heMaryland neurology specialists held BWI Hilton, is sponsored by thenoted. At the close of Mosts speech,a Q/A-format panel discussion on University of Maryland ParkinsonsMorgan joined him onstage for a Q&A. the latest surgical updates, drugs, Disease (PD) and Movement Disordersstudies, and genetic research results. Center in the UMSOM Department ofThe Within Our ReachThe balance of the afternoon was Neurology. symposium is a way for usdevoted to Moving Forward Together The symposium is a unique patientto reach out to patientsWorkshops, which covered a range educational program that focusesof topics, including Get Off the Care the importance of engaging patients,and care partners to letPartner Treadmill and A Look at PD caregivers, and family membersthem know that they arein the Year 2030.in actively learning the new skillsnot alone. As in the past, participants left this necessary to manage their chronicyears Within Our Reach Symposium medical condition. Educational talks,filled with enthusiasm, hope, and self-care workshops, and movementFollowing the keynote and a breaksense of broader community. The activities all play a role in educatingwhere participants could visit thecreativity and commitment of the symposium participants on novel andResource Fair, Vendor Fair, Photoentire committee is what brings the effective ways to manage PD whileBooth and Relaxation Room, theevent to life, said Baldino. If we have living their lives to the fullest. Thepopular Moving Forward Togetherbeen able to touch even one person Within Our Reach symposium is a wayMovement Health Fair was opened towith useful information or inspire one for us to reach out to patients andall. Both PD patients and their carepatient to get up and get moving, care partners to let them know thatpartners could choose to take part inthen we have succeeded.they are not alone in their Parkinsonstwo the five featured movement journey, and it is possible to live well with Parkinsons, said Lisa Baldino, the SymposiumsSteering Committee Chair. This event is a networking opportunity, a motivation source, and hopefully, an inspiration to anyone struggling with the disease.After being welcomed by Lisa Shulman, MD, Director of the UM PD and Movement Disorders Center and founder of Within Our Reach, symposium participants were treated to an entertaining and heartfelt presentation by well-known director, actor and entertainer Don Most, best known for his portrayal of the character Ralph Malph from the popular TV sitcom Happy Days. Mosts wife of 37 years, Morgan, was diagnosed with PD in 2001.At the 2019 Within Our Reach Symposium (L to R): Actress Morgan Hart Most, Dr. Lisa Shulman,Through a series of humorous videoActor Don Most, and Dr. Stephen Reich6 CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES UPDATEFALL 2019'