United Spinal, M.A.R.C. Network to Debut ‘Stronger Together’ Podcast on May 13
As part of their newly announced partnership, United Spinal Association and the M.A.R.C. Network are launching their “Stronger Together with Marc & Matt” podcast on May 13, starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.
The first episode will feature Wheel with Me Adapt Fit creators Jesi Stracham and Nikki Walsh, the Stronger Together team said in a May 7 press release. Wheel with Me Adapt Fit’s app for seated fitness provides a collection of adaptive workouts for wheelchair riders.
Episode 2, on May 27, will feature Theo W. Braddy, executive director of the National Council for Independent Living.
The Stronger Together podcast is cohosted by Matt Castellucio, vice president of community empowerment, United Spinal, and Marc Fucarile, founder of M.A.R.C. [Mobility Awareness Resource Community] Network. Episodes will feature special guests and will deliver “honest, empowering conversations with prominent voices from across the disability and mobility-impaired community — spotlighting powerful stories, adaptive recreation and essential resources to help listeners move forward and thrive.”
Episodes will air every other Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. Register to receive information on accessing the podcast episodes.
Michael J. Fox Foundation Seeks More Participants for Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative
The Michael J. Fox Foundation is signing up adult volunteers in the United States and Canada to take a free scratch-and-sniff test.
In a May 7 announcement, the organization said it’s seeking volunteers who have not been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and are 40 years old or older; and people who are at least 30 years old and have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the past seven years.
Potential participants are directed to sign up for an account with the foundation and are asked demographic questions. People who qualify for the study will be mailed a scratch-and-sniff test that they will be asked to complete and return to the organization.
The study, the foundation said, seeks to better understand the link between the sense of smell and brain health.
