Barbara Salsberg Mathews, MEd., artist, mime, and educator, was diagnosed with

Parkinson’s in 2020. Barbara Salsberg Mathews is a passionate advocate for living well

with Parkinson's disease — especially through art and dance. She also serves on the

Canadian Open Parkinson Network’s Community Advisors Committee. Barbara was

recently the recipient of a grant from Parkinson Canada to fund her production of a free

video series based on her "Mime over Mind" project, that uses mime as a therapeutic

tool to help people with Parkinson's manage their symptoms. Barbara and Parkinson's

Europe also recently released a collection of illustrations through a paperback and a

free e-book entitled, “What Parkinson's Feels Like,” that showcased what Parkinson's

symptoms felt like to many people around the world. All profits from the books are

donated to Parkinson's charities. Barbara also recently re-illustrated the 5 Stages of

Parkinson’s with women of different ethnicities. She wrote a guest blog for Michael J

Fox Foundation on what motivated her to do this. You can find out more about Barbara

at these websites:

http://MimeOverMind.com 

http://SalsbergMathews.com