Terri Corcoran

Terri Corcoran

Well Spouse Association
BOD Secretary & Mainstay Co-Editor

Terri Corcoran has been a member of Well Spouse Association since 2005 and a board member since 2007. She is the board secretary, co-editor of WSAʼs “Mainstay” newsletter, WSAʼs public relations chair, and co-leader of the Arlington, Virg., Well Spouse Support Group. For over 15 years, she cared for her husband who was severely disabled mentally and physically by Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. Terri has been widowed since 2016, and remains active in WSA to return the support she so gratefully received for so many years as a caregiver. Before her husband became ill, she worked as a translator, editor, and arts reviewer, including as editor and arts writer for THE REVIEW, and co-organizer of the annual International Conference on LASERS. She has a bachelorʼs in Russian and French from Goucher College. She lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

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  • Caregiving
  • FXTAS Issues
November 20, 2013
07 mins read

Terri tells the story of caregiving for her husband, Vince, for 17 years after he began seeing symptoms of FXTAS shortly after their marriage.