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For people living with Parkinson ’ s , the status quo is not good enough .
SEPT | 1999
— Michael J . Fox , testifying before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the need for increased federal funding for Parkinson ’ s research . It is one year after publicly sharing his Parkinson ’ s diagnosis and the first time he takes a public position of advocacy on behalf of his fellow Parkinson ’ s patients .
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