Casillas, Ofelia. (2009, July 18) Postcards from a remarkable life. Chicago Tribune.
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This story about the life of Lucille Taliaferro from Saturday's Chicago Tribune is probably one of the most compelling reasons to fight for a cure to mental illnesses such as Alzheimer's. That one woman could lead such a productive and imaginative life only to end up lost in her own mind is heartbreaking.
I think that the mentally ill are often only seen as a snapshot; as what they have become rather than all that they have been. Engaging in a full understanding of how someone's life has been so dramatically altered by disease certainly helps to underscore the sense of urgency we face in studying pathologies of the body and mind.
Image from the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative
