MEMBERS of the Mildura Parkinson's Support Group spent a large portion of Thursday educating passers-by about the complex, misunderstood and sometimes misdiagnosed disease.

Affecting more than 200,000 Australians, Parkinson's disease has more than 50 symptoms, and each experience of the neurological condition is unique.

Cheryl Barnes was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's at the age of 56, a...