Weekly Parkinson's Newsletter from PAACI

As you know, our Spring Symposium was 2 weeks ago and we have some gift cards remaining from our silent auction. If you would be interested in purchasing any of the following please reach out to Sheri by responding to this message or at sheripaaci@yahoo.com.

-Booth Tarkington tickets

-Cake Kreations gift cards

-Chili's gift card

-Conner Prairie tickets with Balloon Voyage

-Culver's gift cards

-Eiteljorg Museum tickets

-Homemade Ice Cream & Bakery Cafe gift cards

-Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra tickets

-Joella's Hot Chicken gift

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-Logan's Roadhouse gift

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-Perkins gift card

-Rusty Bucket gift card

-Southside Cryotherapy

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-Stonecreek gift card

-Sullivan Hardware

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Also, please note there are a handful of events coming up. Please check them out in the column to the left.

Have a great day! Sheri, John & the PAACI Board!

Research Opportunities

Join a Study - Parkinson's Foundation List of Available Studies

Parkinson's Disease Medical Care Planning Resource

Dr. Jiayun Xu is creating a tool to help you and your family members talk about future medical planning in Parkinson's Disease. They are looking for a person with Parkinson's and a family member who is/was caring for a family member with PD within the last 5 years. You must be able to speak and read English, willing to be audio-recorded and have access to a phone or internet. For more info contact Dr. Xu at caregive@purdue.edu or phone 765-494-4017.

Speech Accessibility Project

Beckman Institute at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has a new study called the "Speech Accessibility Project" to help speech recognition tools understand diverse voices. You can record your speech from home and earn up to $180/$90 for caregivers. For more info: 1-888-309-6499 or speechaccessibility@beckman.illinois.edu