The Capital Area Parkinson's Society meets one Saturday a month at the Riverbend Church, located at 4124 N. Capital of Texas Highway (360) in Austin. Meeting are held in The Quads / Community Groups Center, which is on the west side of the campus (off Cedar Street). There is plenty of free parking available. (Click here for a map.)
CAPS 2010 meeting dates are shown below. Unless otherwise listed, all meeting begin at 2:00 p.m. and last approximately two hours. Be sure to add these important dates to your calendar. You won't want to miss a single meeting. We're working to finalize the featured speakers and presentations for each month. We will add that information as soon as it is available, so check back often!
Presentation Materials. Copies of the presentations given at CAPS meetings are available on our website. Click here for the Presentations page to see all available presentation. (Presentations are provided in Adobe PDF format, which should allow most anyone to view them without additional software.)
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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January 16th |
Medications, Parkinson's Disease research & more |
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February 20th |
Interactive Music Therapy |
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March 20th |
CAPS |
Spring Roundtable discussion and information exchange |
April 17th |
Jo Bidwell |
Joint meeting with West Texas Parkinsonism Society |
May 15th |
Focus on Space. Growing older in your home. |
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June 19th |
Annual Ice Cream Social with Entertainment! (Amy's Ice Cream!!!) |
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July 17th |
Treating movement disorders. |
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August 21st |
CAPS |
Summer Roundtable discussion and information exchange |
September 18th |
Laughter is the Best Medicine |
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October 16th |
UT Physicians gerentology specialist |
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November 2oth |
CAPS |
Winter Roundtable discussion and information exchange |
December 18th |
CAPS |
Annual Holiday Celebration with entertainment |
The Austin Young Onset Parkinson's Disease Support Group meets regularly. Meetings are held at various locations chosen by the group. Meeting times and days change depending on the event and venue. For more information, please email A.J. Hernandez.