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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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Liona Boyd: five years of healing, two new albums, one rebirth

Guy Dixon From Saturday's Globe and Mail

For many years, Liona Boyd had something distressing happening to her hand, specifically to her right middle finger, and it was only getting worse.
The Doctors - Alex's Story Continued

Alex, 27, appeared on The Doctors and shared her struggle with dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that causes muscles to contract and spasm involuntarily. The muscle contractions force Alex's body into repetitive and often twisting movements, as well as awkward, irregular postures.
Speechless: Dilbert Creator's Struggle to Regain His Voice

Wired Magazine - Brian Raferty - The rules changed all the time—sometimes day to day, sometimes hour to hour—and whenever he tried to recite them, people thought, "This guy is nuts."

The rules dictated when and where Scott Adams, the chief engineer of the Dilbert comic empire, was allowed to speak. He could neither control them nor predict exactly when they'd go into effect.
The Doctors, The Power of Positive Outlook with Dr. Phil and Montel

The Doctors, CBS Living with Dystonia
Imagine having constant muscle spasms and not being able to stop your body from shaking uncontrollably. Alex, 27, has lived with this debilitating feeling since she was diagnosed with dystonia in 2007.
Dateline April 13, 2009, Sam confronts a medical mystery — and decides to undergo brain surgery

By Hoda Kotb Correspondent NBC News

Imagine being a high-spirited 12-year-old boy and discovering that your body wasn't working the way it's supposed to. Watch the full segment here.