{"id":202,"date":"2013-04-01T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkinson.netfirms.com\/epp_e\/?p=202"},"modified":"2013-04-01T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T16:04:08","slug":"understanding-parkinsons-in-other-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archiveparkinson.thedev.ca\/fr\/understanding-parkinsons-in-other-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Parkinson\u2019s in Other Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

A walk down the major street of most cities in Canada will confirm that our population is made up of a diverse collection of people, and their diversity can be defined by many things including language. Beyond French and English, Canada\u2019s two official languages, there are many people whose first language is neither of these. \u00a0Through our national information and referral centre, we often received inquiries from adult children whose parents did not have English as their first language. \u201cMy father has Parkinson\u2019s and your medication info sheet is so good, do you have it in Italian so he can understand his medications?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to meet this need for information and expand our reach to more people living with Parkinson\u2019s,\u201d says Barbara Snelgrove, Director Education and Services, Parkinson Society Canada. We translated four of our most popular resources, into the top five most common languages, after English and French.<\/p>\n

To date, core information to better understand Parkinson\u2019s is available in other languages for the following documents:<\/p>\n