James Parkinson, the neurologist who declared ‘paralysis agitan’ as a serious neurodivergent disease and described it as ‘shaking palsy’. Each year, on April 11th, the world comes together to celebrate and create awareness about Parkinson’s Disease. The month of April is observed as Awareness month for Parkinson's Disease.  Silver ribbons and red tulips got adopted as the symbols of the Parkison community. A red tulip with a white rim, developed by a Dutch horticulturist suffering from Parkinson’s Disease, named the tulip after James Parkinson.  Parkinson’s is a neurodivergent and progressive disorder, which occurs due to the loss of dopamine in the brain. Starting with a tremor in one hand movement, it progresses t

Author-Ankita Maneck