Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society

Welcome to the Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society (DAPS)! We are glad you have found us, and hope you will find this site informative. DAPS offers many services to parkinsonians living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including more than 20 physical therapy, speech therapy, and partners-in-care groups. Look around the site, and let us know how we can help you.

We originally designed this website to be more interactive, with forums and such, which is why we added the ability to create a user name and password for logging into the site. However, the forums were not used, and so we removed them. Now, the only reason for someone to log in is to comment on a story or vote in the poll. Since neither of those functions has been used much, we have decided to eliminate the login option.

If there is a desire to have this website be more interactive, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your wishes. Just go to the Contact Us page and send a note either to the DAPS office (DAPS information) or the website administrators (Website feedback) with details on what sort of functionality you would like to see.

As always, thank you for your support of DAPS!

The DAPS website will be down for maintenance from 10pm Saturday, May 19 to 2am Sunday, May 20 (CST).

During the month of April DAPS celebrates Parkinson’s Awareness Month with its annual fundraiser which raises money to pay for the free exercise, speech, information, and family support programs for those with PD and their families.

Thoughts about the Summer Olympics of 2012 might be about all the physical training necessary to prepare for competing in the 26 sporting events. Thoughts may also take you to the sights of London that Olympic visitors will want to see.

Ultimately, it is about winning the gold and being the best.

The Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society has provided help and hope for 34 years. We want to continue these programs as well as reach more people with PD who need the benefits from these programs.

DAPS needs substantial support from its members as well as members of the community who want to “give back” in support of those who have contributed to the community. Parkinson’s knows no boundaries. Men and women who are valued members of the Dallas area community have been diagnosed. People in all professions and all kinds of work - teachers, ministers, homemakers, engineers, law enforcement, doctors, nurses, dentists, postal workers, etc. - have been diagnosed.

Invitations have been mailed. If for some reason you did not get one, you may send a check to the DAPS office and note “Non-Event” on the check. DAPS has been a “lifeline” to so many, BUT in order to continue, this wonderful non-profit organization must have a substantial increase in donations. So participate in DAPS’ Parkinson’s Awareness Olympics with a generous gift so that all will win big.

You can now sign up to receive our newsletters by email! Just go to the Contact Us page, choose "Email newsletter signup", tell us the name and email address of the recipient, and we will get you signed up for this handy option.

In the meantime, click this link to read the May 2012 DAPS newsletter!

Mark your calendars NOW!

These fun and informative meetings feature a different guest speaker each month. Speakers last year included neurologists, a pulmonologist and sleep expert, the program coordinator for a local movement disorder center, an expert on end-of-life care for Parkinson's patients, representatives from DAPS' patient services team, and a dance therapy teacher.

There is always time for questions afterward, and light refreshments are provided. Mark your calendar for the dates above, and look for details in the monthly newsletter.

We look forward to seeing you!