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Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: mother with Parkinson’s disease gives hope to other patients
- Winnie Chan, fighting for the rights of her peers, says that while their impairment is invisible, their needs are real
- The chairwoman of Hong Kong Parkinson’s Disease Association was nominated for an award for her perseverance
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When Winnie Chan Yin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1995, she was only 33.
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“My feet shuffled whenever I became nervous,” the Hong Kong resident said, recounting some of her worst experiences.
“I had to lean on something or I would walk backwards [uncontrollably].”
In addition to gait and mobility problems, she was emotional.
“I cried easily,” Chan said.
Yet the mother of one, with support from her family, decided not to let the disease hold her back.
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