I admit it, I have a certain affinity for people with disabilities. It's strange, I know. You spend your life crowded into back rooms, weird classes, short buses, and lines that go up the back entrance to amusement park rides and you get to know them.
The powers that be don't let you do otherwise if you happen to be one of them. One weird fact.
I don't get to see a lot of us performing in public. For the most part, we generally try to stay out of the limelight, stick to the edges of crowds where the dogs and the wheelchairs can get in and out without too much trouble, avoid being looked at directly because it makes people uncomfortable. There are always good reasons.
Some of us don't really take to avoiding very well. I went into broadcasting. I know others who work in State government as advocates and have to deal with sitting in front of large groups of people who may or may not have hostile intent on a regular basis. Some join dance troupes and that's about as funny as it sounds. (It's okay; it's really funny. You can laugh. I've graciously granted you permission.)
This guy does magic.
Parkinson's is an interesting disease. Exactly why plaques form and accumulate around neurons is still a bit of a mystery, and while it's generally associated with getting older it's certainly not limited to people who are older. There are a myriad of manifestations and intensities, though they do tend to fall into two broad classifications.
Identity politics are a big thing these days and I'm generally against identifying people simply by what they look like or who they live near, and I certainly don't privilege people who are extremely broadly qualified into the class "like me" just because they are "not like you," but once in a while I find someone of my tribe who I think it's worth introducing to people of your tribe, not because I feel sorry for them or because that I dislike you, but because I think everyone involved gets personal gratification out of the experience.
Magic is cool. A guy with early onset Parkinson's who does close in card tricks very slowly is extra cool. That even with every advantage, it's still extremely difficult to work out how the trick is done – that's just gravy on top of the mashed potatoes. It's gilding the lily. It's almost unfairly cool.
It's the sort of thing you should see.