The Drax Files: World Makers [ Episode 13: Creations for Parkinson’s]

“My avatar represents how I truly feel inside“ says 86-year old Fran Seranade. And despite her Parkinson’s condition she navigates her blond, blue-eyed and stunningly dressed digital alter ego with bravura through the immersive universe of Second Life: one moment she is a mermaid and another she ice skates with her friends in winter wonderland. The effect of engaging in a virtual world on her condition is being closely studied by her personal doctor and although conclusions can’t be drawn without fu