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François Gravel was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 65. He immersed himself in writing and research. He imagines the illness as a military man who has set up camp in his brain. An excerpt from “Colonel Parkinson in Charge: A Wry Reflection on My Incurable Illness.” I’ve always been fascinated by the speed at which young children learn to speak. At one year old, they babble a few sounds, and we get all choked up when, quite by chance, they utter a “mama” or a “dada.” A few months later, they’ve acquired a vocabulary of about a hundred words and manage...
