For many of us who are college sports fans, University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt's recent diagnosis of early-onset Dementia hit us like an opposing teams last-second 3-pointer that wins the NCAA Championship game.As Magic Johnson did in the early 90's to raise awareness of HIV, she hopes her public battle with this form of dementia raises awareness about Alzheimer's and inspires people to do more.
For more, we 'd like to share this Nov. 5th, 2011 Washington Post article.
Photo Credit (Dave Martin, File/Associated Press) - FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt talks with reporters during Southeastern Conference Basketball Media day in Hoover, Ala. With her revelation in August that she’d been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, the 59-year-old has chosen to fight the disease publicly.
