Check check, one two
Let's start with an easy one
Tell me who you are?
I'm Anna
I'm 12, I want to be an actress when I'm older
I'm Lara, I'm 8 years old
I want to work with animals, maybe be a farmer
So tell me about your Dad
He's a lawyer
What does that mean?
It means he collects money
**Laughter**
He's got Parkinson's
He can't do as many things that other people can
because he finds it difficult
So that means he can't walk properly
Sometimes he can
Does he have a name?
Oh yea, his name's Nick
What am I like in the mornings?
Sometimes you can't put things on properly
like shoes and stuff like that
The tablets haven't kicked in yet
and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't
Yeah
So you help me sort them out don't you?
Yea, every day
Morning, afternoon, evening and bed
What's it like walking to school?
You have to go a bit slower
But it's normally Anna walking with my Mum
I say "Mum wait!"
and she's like "oh oh sorry!"
What happens ten minutes later?
She storms ahead again
I like to give people death stares if they look at my Dad
If you're walking really slowly and people look at you
I'm like don't look at my dad like that
and then I give them the death stare
then I just carry on walking away
It's bad to judge people because
imagine if you were being judged, you would feel sad
Yeah, if you see someone by themselves
and they look like they've got Parkinson's
just go over and talk to them and ask if they're ok
Help them, it'll be fine
Do you remember when your Dad told you that he had Parkinson's?
Yea, we were quite upset
because we didn't really know what it was at first
but then we read this book about it
and that helped us understand it more
The internet helps
Yeah it tells us all about Parkinson's
and all the medicines you can take and stuff
It helps a lot when you talk about it
because then other people will be there for you if they know
and then it sort of makes you feel that more safe
You find it really helpful talking to your friends don't you?
Yeah, and I talked to the counsellor at my school
and they helped me a lot as well
You just feel really great to let it out
and it's better to be curious
and ask questions than just have it stuck inside you
like what's it like having Parkinson's?
and he would say something like
"stressful, frustrating"
Does your Dad get grumpy sometimes?
Um?
You can say!
He shouts
Sometimes when it just gets too much
he swears sometimes
I think it was my Mum's birthday present
Dad couldn't undo the cellotape
so he just threw it across the room
and just started crying
I knew what it was about
so there's nothing to be scared about or anything
It shows that grown-ups can cry too
Not just children cry
Everyone cries so
We act like the older ones sometimes
Sometimes we are more grown-up than other people around our age
but sometimes we can act like kids
Yea we can be ourselves
And mess about and everything
'Cos I like messing about and being crazy so
So what do you think is the best thing we've done?
We get to take part in all the Parkinson's events which are fun
Running, cycling
Sell cakes to raise more money for Parkinson's
It's makes people aware that it is a thing
It is something that people do get
and I think they will find a cure
but in the future
They need really good scientists
Yea they need time to find everything that they need
So who plays the piano?
me
That was amazing!