Parkinson's disease is a malady that all people should be afraid of because of the fact that it generally chooses its carriers randomly. Also, once having contracted the disease, people should not lose their hope, with numerous people having lived with it for decades. One of the most terrible things about the disease is that it cannot be cured and that the people that have it are forced to live with its curse all their lives.

Society needs to support and understand people that have PD. One of the most common mistakes that people make when meeting someone that had PD is to abstain from treating him or her as if they are equals to perfectly healthy people.

Works cited:

1. Franklin H. Silverman, Barbara Henry "Depression: A Primary Symptom of Parkinson Disease?," ; the Journal of Rehabilitation, Vol. 55, 1989.

2. John Henkel, "Parkinson's Disease: New Treatments Slow Onslaught...
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