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Letter: Thank you for the help coping with Parkinson's

Published 23 January 2019

From Graham Legg,<br/>Ragged Appleshaw, Hampshire, UK

I thank Mike Aris for sharing his technique for handwriting with Parkinson's disease (Letters, 22/29 December 2018). My wife Brenda was most distressed to lose her writing abilities. Using Aris's method of sounding the letters, she has regained a lot. She was amazed that she could produce a recognisable set of initials on a delivery driver's pad, something most of us struggle with at the best of times.

Issue no. 3214 published 26 January 2019

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