Living Library
Links to Online News on Living and Working with Multiple Sclerosis
Doctors Diagnosis
An interview with a GP and forensic doctor who has been diagnosed with MS
for 8 years. It gives an interesting insight into how a doctor views the disease and how he
copes.
Balloon Flight
Dream Comes True
A 56-year-old woman with MS took to the skies after winning a raffle with the MS Society.
Expert Patients Asked
to Support Others
Patients of long-term diseases are being asked to pass on their expertise to a healthcare
trust in Teeside.
Painting Numbs the Pain
A woman with MS uses her painting to help relieve the physical and emotional pain of the
disease.
Jen’s MS page
This is American based but the site aims to help the newly diagnosed find comfort, support
and information online and help keep your spirits up during this trying time.
Legal Counsel
Meriel Schindler, head of the employment group at solicitors Withers LLP, answers a question
about telling future employers if you have MS.
MS Events
http://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms_events/index.html
The convention co-incided with the London Marathon, this is just one of ways that the events
team encourages people to raise money for MS. There are lots of ideas here, so if you are
interested in walking, cycling, baking a cake,
or listening to the latest bands this site can help
you.
Working:
Work and MS
http://www.mstrust.org.uk/publications/opendoor/0602_02.jsp
In 2003 the MS Trust funded a research project to examine barriers to employment for people
with MS, and to identify practical steps which could be taken to keep them in employment.
This article examines the project and discusses a few of the outcomes.
Discrimination Divide
A new bill shortly to be introduced is due to place a positive duty on the public sector to
promote disability equality in the same way as racial equality. And it is expected that inclusion
of changes to the the law will assist people with progressive conditions, such as HIV, cancer and
multiple sclerosis.
Keeping People with MS in
Work
A new innovative training course has been launched to help people with MS to keep their jobs
or find work.
Famous people with MS:
Pictures of JK Rowling opening the Stuart Resource Centre April the Aberdeen Branch MS Society
Alan Osmond
The official Osmond’s website that gives details on the eldest Osmond brother, who has MS.
There are details on him (and the other band members) and interview with his wife, plus MS
advice.
Tory Chief Whip has
MS
Tory chief whip David Maclean has revealed he has been suffering from multiple sclerosis for
the last 5 years.
JK Rowling backs MS
research
K Rowling has given her backing to a university project hoping to solve some of the mysteries
of MS.
Tootsie
Actress Garr Reveals Illness
Oscar-nominated actress Teri Garr has revealed she is suffering from MS in an interview with
CNN's Larry King.
Alan Osmond
A reprint of an article in MS Focus on one of the famous Osmonds and his fight with MS.
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