Welcome to DAPS!

Welcome to the Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society (DAPS)! We are glad you have found us, and hope you will find this site informative.

DAPS offers many services at no (or reduced) cost to those affected by Parkinson's disease living in the Dallas area, including the following:

  • group exercise
  • speech groups
  • care partner support groups
  • Dance for Movement Disorders classes
  • non-contact boxing and tai chi for people with Parkinson's disease
  • monthly educational/motivational meetings
  • monthly newsletter by email

See a map and full schedule of our groups and classes on our Group Schedules page.

DAPS Virtual Exercise, Speech, Support Groups and Educational Series

 

 

Join DAPS for a virtual class EVERY DAY!

DAPS has been working hard to continue providing you with the classes that we know you miss and love.

Join us for recorded EXERCISE class any time at: 

https://bit.ly/DAPSYouTubeChannel

If you missed an EDUCATIONAL SERIES WEBINAR, you can view it at: 

https://bit.ly/DAPSYouTubeChannel 

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Below are the LIVE CLASSES DAPS is offering each week via zoom.

You can join our live exercise, speech and support groups by contacting us at:

daps@daps.org

If you are interested in joining a DAPS class virtually for the first time, please be aware that response times to receive log-in information are generally during office hours: Monday – Thursday   9:00 am-2:00 pm

MONDAY

9:45 am EXERCISE with Angie

10:45 am CARE PARTNERS support group with Carol

1:00 pm SPEECH with Danielle

TUESDAY

9:00 am SPEECH with Pat 

10:00 am EXERCISE with Diana

11:30 am SPEECH with Lynn

WEDNESDAY

9:45 am EXERCISE and SPEECH with Barb

11:00 am SPEECH with Lynn

12:30 pm EXERCISE with Tammy

THURSDAY

10:00 am EXERCISE with Amanda

2:00 pm SPEECH with Pat

FRIDAY

9:45 EXERCISE AND SPEECH with Barb

12:30 pm EXERCISE with Tammy

SATURDAY

1:00 EXERCISE with Tammy

SUNDAY

11:00 am EXERCISE with Diana 

2:30 pm EXERCISE with Tammy

Coronavirus updates

The wellbeing of our group participants is the primary concern of the Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society.

For updates regarding DAPS activities during this coronavirus situation, please click here.

The 2020 Non-Event is Underway!

Non-Event invitation

The “Non-Event” is the primary annual fundraiser for the Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society. We invite DAPS members and friends of DAPS to join us on a fun imaginary excursion that gives us a very real way to support DAPS.

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Dallas: A Creative City

Dallas Arts Month is a celebration of the thriving arts community in Dallas instituted by Mayor Mike Rawlings. Misty Owens was invited to be interviewed for the project and her choreography for the Dance for PD® Crane Project Filming at Dallas Museum of Art on Friday, March 1, 2019, was included in the Mayor's video. The choreography was created for the Global PD Crane Project and was featured along with other video submissions for the World Parkinson's Congress in Kyoto, Japan, in June 2019.

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