(MENAFN) Jesse Jackson aged 76 is a US civil rights activist who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a terminal neurological illness that can generate tremors and affect coordination.
Mr. Jackson shared his experience in a statement saying "my family and I began to notice changes about three years ago, after a battery of tests, my physicians identified the issue as Parkinson's disease, a disease that bested my father." He further said "recognition of the effects of this disease on me has been painful, and I have been slow to grasp the gravity of it."
He explained that the diagnosis was "not a stop sign but rather a signal that I must make lifestyle changes and dedicate myself to physical therapy in hopes of slowing the disease's progression."
In the sixties, Mr. Jackson fought for civil rights together with Martin Luther King Jr, he was also a candidate for the presidential election of the Democratic Party in 1984 as well as 1988.
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