Nichelle Nichols, the legendary ‘Star Trek’ icon, has been diagnosed with dementia and according to her doctor, the disease has progressed.
According to Dr. Meena Makhijani who specializes in osteopathic medicine, Nichols has been a patient of hers for the last 2-3 years and she has “moderate progressive dementia.”
Makhijani said Nichols has major impairment of her short-term memory and moderate impairment of understanding abstract concepts, sense of time, place and immediate recall.
The doctor however said there’s no apparent impairment for things like long-term memory, orientation of her body, comprehension, verbal communication, concentration, recognition of familiar people, as well as ability to reason logically and plan actions.