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Allan Hugh Cole Jr. is dean and the Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professor in Social Work in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2016 at the age of forty-eight. The author or editor of many books, he writes regularly for his blog, PD WISE (pdwise.com), and for other national and international outlets on living well with Parkinson's.
"""In this engaging book, Allan Cole, who writes with the soul of a poet mixed with that of a minister, offers a hopeful, pragmatic approach to living with Parkinson's Disease. Ever the optimist, Allan faces up to 'The Beast, ' acknowledging the downsides of living with the disorder while remaining upbeat and positive. Throughout this well-written work, we are offered up many clear-sighted observations on his successful approach to taking on Parkinson's."" --Davis Phinney, Olympic cyclist and founder of the Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's ""Allan Cole has done it again with another masterpiece in Jumping to the Skies: Additional Lessons from Parkinson's Disease. This beautifully written book intertwines experience and empathy and shares a message of hope as we embrace the lessons offered by a neurodegenerative disease."" --Michael S. Okun, MD, co-founder and executive director of Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of Florida Health"
