How I Learned to Embrace My Mobility Aid for My Advanced MSMultiple sclerosis (MS) can be a very isolating disease. Losing the ability to walk has the potential to make those of us living with MS feel even more isolated. I know from personal experience that it’s incredibly difficult to ...
This pilot study describes the effect of wheelchair use on the quality of life of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), and examines the clinical utility of the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scale (PIADS) as an outcome measure for use by occupational therapists. Sixteen hospitalized ...
[Rhonda] has multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that limits her ability to walk and use her arms. She and the other residents of The Boston Home, an extended care facility for people with MS and other neuromuscular diseases, rely on their wheelchairs for mobility. [Rhonda]’s chair comes...
not the end users of their products. In the case of pharmaceutical and medical device companies, these end-users are sick people, many suffering from hideous diseases like multiple sclerosis. In the cold calculus of the free-market, the job of drug company ...
ATLANTA --A woman with multiple sclerosis says Delta Air Lines employees tied her to a wheelchair with a blanket when they didn't have a chair that could accommodate her disability when she arrived in Amsterdam recently, and her son says a supervisor cursed at her as...
Disability Law Service– Provides free legal advice and representation for disabled people. They have particular expertise in community care, employment, housing, welfare andsupporting those with Multiple Sclerosis. Disability Rights UK– Havea listof organisations that provide specialist advice. ...
multiple sclerosis; and muscular dystrophy. Other disorders that may affect movement - arthritis and osteoporosis, for example - can also result in wheelchair dependency. Chairdex is a website about wheelchairs. We describe thetypes of chairs, thehistory of wheelchairs, andcommon accessories. There ...
While the weight of the chair is still a bit much for me with my Multiple Sclerosis my husband is able to fold it and fit in the trunk. I feel as though I have my freedom back now that my husband does not have to push me anymore...
Typical causes of this damage are trauma (such as car crash, fall or sports injury), disease (such as transverse myelitis or polio) or congenital disorders, such as muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis. It is possible to suffer a broken neck without becoming quadriplegic, such as when the...
(physically stimulated) erections totally unachievable for most. If a sphincterectomy has been performed reflex and psychogenic erections are rarely possible. Difficulties with erections may eventually be experienced by nearly half of men with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) caused by lesions of the thoracic...