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ayesha
Posted on March 6th, 2013
Categories: World MS Day 2013
Posts tagged “Multiple Sclerosis International Federation”
What are you doing on WMSD this year?
Leni
Posted on March 6th, 2013
With only 84 days to go until World MS Day (WMSD) 2013, MS organisations and individuals around the world are busy planning their WMSD activities. Have you decided what you will be doing to mark WMSD this year? Or are you still waiting for inspiration to strike? Either way, take a look at our blog to get inspired! Tweet This Post Share on Facebook
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It’s time to get planning for WMSD 2013
ayesha
Posted on March 4th, 2013
Becoming part of the global movement Every year we here at World MS Day HQ (MSIF offices in London) get excited about the events that are taking place for World MS Day all over the world. Until now we have really focused on the events organised by MS organisations but this year we would love to hear from other organisations and people affected by MS who are organising their own events and activities too! WMSD 2013: Young people and MS This year’s campaign will focus on young people. At a time when young people may be starting new careers, relationships and making plans for the future, being diagnosed with a chronic and potentially disabling disease like MS can lead them to re-evaluate everything they…
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Take the MSIF Survey
ayesha
Posted on August 22nd, 2012
MS is typically diagnosed when people are in their late teens, 20s or 30s – a time when many will be forging careers, enjoying an active social life, meeting life partners and maybe thinking about having children. We want to know how young people feel about having MS, if it impacts their day-to-day life and what their needs are. You can help by taking the MSIF survey. It’s completely anonymous and should only take around 5 minutes. Take the survey Tweet This Post Share on Facebook
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Focus: Young People
ayesha
Posted on August 22nd, 2012
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is usually diagnosed between the ages of 25 and 31, a time when we are starting our careers, starting a family and making plans for the future. What does it mean to someone, to the way they live their life and their expectations of the future, to be diagnosed with a chronic disease like MS at such a young age? People who have been diagnosed with MS often say that they feel a stigma attached to having the condition, and often don’t want to tell their friends, colleagues or family about it. Cathy Johns, who is an author and has MS, keeps a blog about the condition and also wrote an article for the Independent about her decision to “come out”.…
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