Brain Busters: Interview with Laureen, Aiko and Linda

~Interview with Laureen, Aiko and Linda~

All three ladies are living with Parkinson’s Disease

We had the honor to meet three lovely ladies who are diagnosed

with Parkinson’s Disease for about 8 to 16 years.

Their personal stories are very touching and

we learned how they master their daily life with the disease.

We also shared some great lunch and happy conversations with Linda, Aiko and Laureen. They love to be treated like “normal” people and love when people smile at them. One lady shared that she has two dogs which support her in her daily life.

We learned a lot more about Parkinson’s disease from them and how it affected their lives. They shared information about their various treatments and their challenges.

We really appreciated how they all focused on what they are still able to do, and not on what they were no longer able to do.

They all shared their hope that someday the medical field would not see them as a “disease”, but instead as “people with a disease”. Each of the speakers shared how the disease has helped them to really appreciate the little things in life. They all lit up and got really excited about our teams idea to create robots that could help them with daily living skills and to assist them with movement and protect from common falls. We are thankful that they took the time to be with us.