This entire New Jersey family will donate their brains. Here's what inspired their promise


With over 600 neurological diseases, research into the brain is more important than ever.

That’s something that the Demers family of Midland Park, New Jersey, knows all too well − since a fall from a ladder 18 years ago led to their discovery of their father’s Parkinson’s disease.

Don Demers Sr., a retired portfolio manager and part-time handyman, can no longer speak for himself due to the degenerative neurological disorder. But he and six members of his family are making their dedication to finding a cure clear.

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