How Huntington’s disease symptoms can affect employment

“My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.” — Stephen Hawking  Huntington’s disease affected both my dad’s and my brother Gavin’s…

Is Huntington’s Disease Interfering with My Work?

There is some evidence in the Huntington’s disease literature that suggests people with the gene may lack insight into how they have started to show signs of the illness. This terrifies me for several reasons, but for the focus of this column, I’ll discuss the possible effect this…