Hello all, I am classified as stage 2 on H&Y. The other one, I always want to add notes or be somewhere in the middle of the choices. They Doctors or checklist people don't quite know what to do about things. I agree that any rating scale has numerous variables, especially with a disease that flucuates minute by minute. I too was a Special Ed teacher,like Paula, where you needed to respond instantly to behaviors, taking into account the child,environment,time,bus trip to school, what they ate for breakfast, etc. Basically, you needed to know the child. I will ask what my score is next time I'm at Northwestern. I guess science has to be data based and the Doctors need scores to compare with other scores. Thanks for asking Debi.
Cheers,Fran