Tips for living with MS - Introduction
Written by and for people with multiple sclerosis
During 2002, the MS Trust commissioned a research project into the information needs of people with multiple sclerosis. 2133 people took part through focus groups and questionnaires and many of these offered to others their 'tips' for publication in this booklet. The booklet was revised in 2005.
The first objective of the MS Trust is to offer information about MS which is positive and constructive. We do this through newsletters, through a range of publications and through our website. Even more importantly, our specialist librarians answer individual questions from people affected by MS from our unique library of books, journals and papers – questions as varied as are the people who ask them!
And what better information can there be than these tips gleaned from the experts who live with MS themselves?
Selection and sorting was challenging; we have broadly grouped the wealth of tips into sections:
Do you have a tip for someone living with MS?
If so, send it to us and we will add the best ideas to these pages
email the MS Trust
Acknowledgements
Our thanks to everyone who submitted ideas and tips
The MS Trust would like to thank the Loughborough University Department of Information Science for their help in collecting the majority of these tips as part of the research they undertook to determine the information needs of people with MS.
The production of this booklet was generously supported by
- The Thomas Sivewright Catto Charitable Settlement
- The Steel Charitable Trust
- The Tony Metherall Charitable Trust