Dan Glass

Right after ParkinsonsDisease.net published my COVID vaccine article, I came home from work to find the canine love of my life, Sparky (our shorkie poo), running to the door to...

In the words of Harry Doyle (AKA Bob Uecker), 50 Cent’s first pitch was a little outside. In reality, it was more like Nuke Laloosh (Robbins) hitting the mascot in...

In Pennsylvania, there is a small town called Centralia. Not much is there, but you may have heard of it since a 1962 mine fire made it infamous. Next year...

Sometimes, our lives transpire in such a way that it seems that the universe is trying to prepare us for future challenges. Be this through success or failure, our adult...

You can read part one of this letter here: Letters to Myself: Basic Training Dear 18-year-old Dan, In September of 2016, you’ll learn that the rigidity of dystonia prevented your...

April 15, 1990 Dear 18-year-old Dan, I’d like to tell you that things get better than this nasty punishment you’re in right now, but that’s all a matter of perspective...

I previously wrote an article about more presence for Parkinson's in popular media. My feeling was that presenting our condition organically, not commercially to sell products, and not just a...

Today, August 26, 2021, I turn 50 years old. And it has been 5 years since Avalanche Day, aka the day of diagnosis (September 27.) However, I am 10 years...

Many people who mingle with Parkinson’s wonder how it feels. Here, I’d like to take you on a trip from top to bottom to give you my feels. My toes...

I’d like to think I’m easy-going when it comes to interactions that affect my Parkinson’s. In fact, the “whatever you need, I’m easy” response is my go-to when it comes...

During an average week of advising people’s academic life journey, I encounter several people who have no idea what the road ahead looks like. If we really think about it...

When my wife and I got married way back when in 2009 (yes kids, that really was a year), our wedding officiant assigned us to read Gary Chapman’s book, The...

For the vast majority of COVID lockup, I've been reading ferociously. Along with the piles of books I read, I seem to inhale a lot of Internet articles. One of...

Recently, my wife and I went to a funeral for someone close to us who died way too early. I’m not sure what an appropriate age is to have lived...

I come from a family where Alzheimer's is an issue. This fall, it collaborated with COVID to rob another family member of his life. Nearly 3 decades ago, it took...

During COVID, it seems that the thing people do the second most is watch television (as a betting man, I’d put surfing the ‘net as number one). Recently, my wife...

I have an idea that I'm slowly turning into a story. It's called A Glitch in the System. The basic premise: Something is inside the main character's body and brain...

According to Nancy Schlossberg, an educator on life transitions, "non-events" occur in ways that affect us just as much as actual events. There is nothing nefarious about this revelation though;...

For those of us in the advocacy game, we expect to be contacted when someone's status changes to mirror our Parkinson's diagnosis. In my four years of being medically-labeled with...

For as long as I can remember, I've been prone to long sleeps. As a kid, I could hit the 10-12 hour point easily. In my early thirties, Friday night...