Allan Hugh Cole Jr. is dean of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work and courtesy professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of many books, including Discerning the Way: Lessons from Parkinson's Disease (Cascade), Jumping to the Skies: Additional Lessons from Parkinson's Disease (Cascade), and In the Care of Plenty: Poems (Resource). He writes regularly for his blog, PD Wise (pdwise.com).