(Pictured: Ballard (kneeling second from left, second row) and fellow Peace Corps volunteers at the Peace Corps training center in South Korea in 1975.)
With this incurable disease, I find I have the upper hand, and that my mind, While losing dopamine, still works fine.”
(Pictured top to bottom: Ballard receiving TC's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019; Ballard completing a swim competition at age 63; Ballard (kneeling second from left, second row) and fellow Peace Corps volunteers at the Peace Corps training center in South Korea in 1975; Ballard placing 2nd and 3rd during the 2018 Gay Games in Paris. Photos courtesy of Ballard.)
(Pictured: Ballard received TC's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019, honored for his “mindful and courageous approach to living with Parkinson’s,” after reading a poem he wrote marking the sixth anniversary of his diagnosis, which describes what it’s like to live with the disease. Photo courtesy of TC Archives.)
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