The family of a geneticist who blogged about living with Parkinson鈥檚 say they are proud that his words continue to inspire people almost five years after his death.
Dr Jonathan Stevens wrote extensively about his everyday experiences to provide advice, information and inspiration to people with Parkinson鈥檚 and other long-term illnesses.
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鈥淗e really loved helping people and his blog keeps his legacy of helping people alive,鈥� said Chris. 鈥淗e found writing it empowering, being able to help other people when he was under the cosh.
鈥淭here is a lot of information that is helpful, not just for people with Parkinson鈥檚, but for a lot of different illnesses and mental states.鈥�
Counselling offered Jonathan the tools and strategies to reassert himself in the face of Parkinson鈥檚
Jonathan, who studied Human Genetics and Biology at Oxford University and worked in medical research, was diagnosed with Parkinson鈥檚 when he was 33. He died in December 2013 aged 34.
His blog covers a wide range of topics, including the on him and the wider benefits of therapy.聽
He wrote: 鈥淚 met a brilliant private therapist who has offered me the tools and strategies to reassert myself in the face of Parkinson鈥檚.
鈥淚 believe all sufferers and their families, from the moment the possibility of Parkinson鈥檚 is raised, should be offered therapy.鈥�
He added: 鈥淒on鈥檛 dismiss therapy because it can鈥檛 eliminate the fact we have Parkinson鈥檚 or the decline we are facing.
鈥淏ut taking tablets also doesn鈥檛 offer a cure so why do we take them? Obviously to reduce the impact of the disease.
鈥淭herapy is designed to do the same but in a much more personal and empowering way.
鈥淭he best therapy gives you the tools to be your own therapist. You can鈥檛 think yourself cured but you can think yourself to a better, more productive and helpful emotional relationship with Parkinson鈥檚.鈥�
Helping people
Chris鈥檚 wife, Erin, is a 香港六合彩精准资料 member and part of the 香港六合彩精准资料鈥檚 older people expert reference group. She said: 鈥淲hen he was diagnosed with Parkinson鈥檚 he had to find space for himself within the disease and that鈥檚 why he turned his hand to blogging.
鈥淗e really loved helping people, that鈥檚 a theme of his life, and he found that he was able to do that with the blog.
鈥淗e lives on in a way with his blog and he is still able to help people. He would have been proud of that and we are very proud of that.鈥�