Resources

This Resource Section, will provide you with up-to-date links to a variety of resources including listings of Movement Disorder Clinics in Canada, on line help groups, resources for youth, publications in english and french, and dystonia in the media.

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  • Billy McLaughlin and Dystonia on Canada AM

    Dr. Marla Shapiro and Beverly Thompson interviewed Billy McLaughlin today on Canada AM on CTV.  McLaughlin, a world class guitarist, DMRF Ambassador and Board Member described his experiences with Musicians focal hand dystonia. Dr. Shapiro provided an overview of dystonia and its many forms.  Click Here to View the Interview

  • Deseronto Couple Brink Attention to Dystonia at Toronto 5K Run/Walk

    By Stephen Petrick/Napanee Guide, At first they noticed his eyes blinking more. Next his facial features started to sag. In time he couldn't move without staggering. Now he slurs his words when he speaks. Deseronto couple Beth Fisher and Michael Stevens say their lives have become extraordinarily more challenging ever since Stevens began showing symptoms of Dystonia about three and a half years ago. More

  • Thomas Wade - Country musician battles through dsytonia to keep career alive
    Musician Thomas Wade, who will turn 50 next week, said that, with a technique he discovered through his research, he has "reform
    The Expositor, Brantford, Ontario - Michelle Ruby - In the late 1990s, Thomas Wade was living his dream. The boy from Burford who had played every county fair and local smoke-filled barroom, years before he could legally have a drink there, had finally hit the big time.
     
    He was the charismatic front man of Thomas Wade and Wayward, whose 1996 eponymous debut album spawned no fewer than seven singles on the Canadian Country Music chart. (To listen to Thomas Wade's performance at the Hamilton Area Music night CLICK HERE)
     
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  • Shania Twain's Memoir Discusses her Childhood, Divorce and Fear of Losing her Musical Voice to Dysphonia
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    National Post - Leah Collins - Shania Twain’s new tell-all memoir features revelations on her childhood abuse and the story of her husband’s infidelity with her best friend. Of important note to her many fans, the latter betrayal nearly cost Twain her musical voice.

    Twain appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show Tuesday to promote her memoir, From This Moment On, revealing that the breakdown of her marriage was devastating. The Canadian country superstar says she feared she’d never sing again, and wished for death. More

  • As smoke clears, Tories, Liberals react to pot ruling

    ADRIAN MORROW/The Globe and Mail, Robert Neron
    has been licensed to use marijuana to relieve his cervical dystonia for more than a decade.