Richard Taylor, a popular advocate for the rights of people with dementia, encourages those with dementia, their loved ones, and the professionals with whom they interact to recognize and avoid common misguided beliefs about Alzheimer's disease and the abilities of people who have it. From his own experience and his conversations with hundreds of others with early-stage dementia, Dr. Taylor exposes the disempowering behavior of professionals and loved ones and introduces alternative, non-stigmatizing, attitudes and practices. Brilliant Image Productions Brilliant Image Productions serves individuals and institutional customers in the U.S. and abroad. We are a growing video production company located in central Minnesota. We provide full scale video production services in High Definition and Standard Definition. We also do website design and maintenance. Richard Taylor, Ph.D. Richard Taylor has lived for five years with a diagnosis of dementia probably of the Alzheimer's type. A former psychologist, he is now a champion for individuals with early-stage and early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Richard served on the board of the Houston and Southeast Texas Alzheimer’s Association and is now a member of a special committee of the National Alzheimer's Association looking at how to evaluate and provide effective support to individuals in the early stages of the disease. He has started over 50 chat rooms worldwide for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their loved ones and he is also the editor of a quarterly newsletter for people with early-onset, early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. Originally Richard started writing essays to better understand for himself what was going on inside of him. He now writes to share his experiences with other individuals with the disease and their caregivers. His insights into himself and the disease are always honest, direct, poignant, and sometimes even witty. His essays have been published in Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly. Richard lives in Cypress, Texas with his spouse Linda and his Bouvier des Flandres dog, Annie. His son and family live across the street from him. He spends his days playing with his two grandchildren, gardening, and writing.
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