Comment from Lewis, Jeannie, Michigan Parkinson Foundation

Please consider those who are being diagnosed with young onset parkinsons. They are not at rtetirement age, probably have not put away the necessary funds to liive on yet, are still supporting their families, and are sometimes told when they apply for disability that they are too young to be disabled by parkinson's. I can tell you from experience age has nothing to do with it. It seems that if you are already at retirement age, there is no question of being disabled by parkinsons. If you are younger, you have to spend any funds you have to fight the system that is supposed to be there for you. Ironically, young onset is far more devasting and the rate of dibilataton is more rapid. That would seem to indicate that age is a factor with those who are making the determinations. Is that true?