Smaller: A Poem about Parkinson's by Andy McDowell
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 Published On Jun 6, 2013

**WINNER of the WPC 2013 Video Competition Grand Prize & People's Choice Award**

This film was based on a poem I wrote 6 months after being diagnosed at the age of 43. I created it to help my two girls understand what was happening to me - and involving my eldest Lily (7) in the production was an amazing way to connect the dots.

The defining message of the poem is that whilst Parkinson's has forever made me "smaller" in a physical sense I still have choice over the rest of my world.

In a strange way PD requires me to be "bigger" to still be me and, whilst I can't speak for everyone, that seems to strike a chord.

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