SARASOTA – A Suncoast non-profit is helping over 3,000 people and their families with all the uncertainties that come with a Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis.
“Our goal is to allow people to live a better quality of life, today,” said Board Chairman of Neuro Challenge, Brad Bryan.
Neuro Challenge, a nonprofit organization is Sarasota offers more than 40 monthly programs to those fighting Parkinson’s at no charge these services include education, individualized care, and therapeutic activities
“One of the things that is really important about exercise with people with Parkinson’s is that next to medicine, it is the most important thing,” said Program Director of Neuro Challenge, April Moschini.
By offering these services, Neuro Challenge hopes to target all of their patients’ needs
“Parkinson’s disease is complex, it changes, it’s very individual, it can manifest differently for different people so it can be difficult to manage,” said Bryan.
Brad Bryan who serves as board chairman of Neuro Challenge says he learned of the complexity of Parkinson’s through his father
“The first symptoms we noticed all those years back was he had small difficult handwriting and we didn’t swing his arms when he walked we thought it was very odd, started talking to a neurologist and came up with a Parkinson’s diagnosis,” said Bryan.
Since Brad’s father was diagnosed 18 years ago his active work at Neuro Challenge have helped his tremors go away
“This is an organization that has helped my family, my father and me personally over the years, so this is a way for me to give back, and to make a contribution in the Parkinson’s community who deserve as much help as they can get,” said Bryan.
For more information on Neuro Challenge, you can visit their website here.