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In April 2013, at the age of 29, Emma Lawton was diagnosed with Parkinson's. She speaks to Love Island 2018 contestant Charlie Brake about his connection with the condition, life after the villa and finding love. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition. This means that it causes problems in the brain and gets worse over time. The number of people diagnosed with Parkinson's in the UK is about 145,000. That's around 1 adult in every 350. To find out more about Parkinson's and how you can become a supporter of Parkinson's UK like Charlie, head over to www.parkinsons.org.uk

It's World Parkinson's Day, so we asked Emma Lawton to tell us the most irritating questions people ask her. #UniteForParkinsons

Recently, we had the pleasure of interviewing Emma Lawton at Blockchain Expo. We posted about the exciting projects/individuals we met here: https://steemit.com/blockchain/@weareunblocked/interviewing-exciting-projects-at-blockchain-expo Emma Lawton was one of the most interesting individuals we met at the Expo. She was there on the panel for "AI for Social Good", and we knew we wanted to speak to her afterwards. http://www.emmalawton.co.uk/ Follow her on https://twitter.com/ems_lawton https://www.instagram.com/ems_lawton/ --- Emma has a very inspirational story, having been diagnosed with Parkinsons at the age of 29, she continues to live a full life, working as Creative Director of Parkinsons UK, blogging, writing a book, and so much else. In this interview, we talk about how technology allows her to experience more freedom in her day to day life. We often think of the ways technology disconnect people, but forget how it can enable some people to make connections and enable them to live a more full life. From being able to order taxis by voice recognition to a special watch allowing her to write, technology is a blessing for Emma. Watch this brief interview to hear more! It was such a pleasure to meet her, and we hope to have an opportunity to meet her and speak with her again! --- We hope that you enjoyed watching this today! If you have any thoughts or comments, let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Thanks for watching! For more behind the scenes and updates, follow us on: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUxvWXiVGyb0fEFF4Hg5ng/) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/WeAreUnblocked/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/weareunblocked/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/weareunblocked_/) Sarah and Red

Emma Lawton was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 29, five years on she talks to the BeGlad Movement about her last project, PD365, where she vlogged every day to show the true highs and lows of what it is really like living with Parkinson's disease (talk about being dedicated to the cause, a video every day is epic!!) She is now launching a new venture via the Just Giving crowd funding facility to start a dedicated website for people who are suffering with life long conditions so they can find advice and support from fellow sufferers, starting of course with Parkinsons. Please use the link to contribute to Emma's inspiring vision, we are sure it will be a fantastic resource for so many people, a very worthy cause. http://www.threesixfives.co.uk https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/beglad