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Is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) a Disability?

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It can cause fatigue, trouble with balance and coordination, muscle weakness, and vision problems. Having MS doesn’t ...
EurekAlert!

Life stressors may contribute to multiple sclerosis flares, disability

A Michigan Medicine-led study finds that stressors across the lifespan — including poverty, abuse and divorce — are associated with worsening health and functional outcomes for people with multiple ...
Science Daily

Better assess the needs of people with multiple disabilities

How do we assess the needs of people with severe multiple disabilities? Unable to communicate verbally and physically, this population has nearly no possibility of expressing itself. Thanks to ...
Medscape

Do Medical Students With Disabilities Face Discrimination?

Disability-based discrimination was reported by 12.4% of medical students with disabilities in the US, with the highest rates being reported by those with chronic illnesses and multiple disabilities.
Nasdaq

Roche’s fenebrutinib is the first investigational medicine in over a decade that reduces disability progression in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)

Late-breaking Phase III FENtrepid results presented at ACTRIMS show investigational fenebrutinib met its primary endpoint of non-inferiority compared to the current standard of care, OCREVUS, in ...
NPR

When covering disability, avoid ableist tropes like the 'pity trap'

JOE SHAPIRO, INVESTIGATIONS, NPR: My name is Joe Shapiro. I'm a correspondent at NPR. I work on the Investigations unit, but I've had a long interest in disability issues. I've been writing about this ...