New discussion board for Asian MS support group.
16 Nov 2006
MS Society chief executive Simon Gillespie said: “I am delighted to announce the launch of the Asian MS discussion board on the MS Society’s website, which we are setting up in direct response to a survey of our members.
“We know there are some aspects of living with MS that are specific to the Asian community, and this board will give them the chance to share experiences, seek information and advice, and to make friends across the MS community.
“This will complement our existing boards – which already include specific areas for young people, carers, and people with primary progressive MS – to offer Asian MS members their own, distinctive voice.”
The Asian MS support group was set up in 1998 by Sanjay Chadha and Gurjit Sihota to help people of Asian origin who had been diagnosed with MS, and to provide information to their friends, families and carers.
Since then, there has been an increase in the number of Asian people diagnosed with MS, and Asian MS is now a key MS Society support group, organising information days and fundraising events. The group has also been the driving force in getting ‘What is MS?’ and ‘Just diagnosed’ translated into the five Asian languages.
Sanjay Chadha said: “We know our members want this forum and without them, it’s not going to work. I want to encourage them all to take part and make the Asian MS discussion board a success. When we set up this group we never thought we would come this far. Now it’s over to all of us in Asian MS to make this work.”
Asian MS carried out a survey at the end of 2005 and had a very positive response from people around the UK.
Many of those surveyed wanted their own discussion board on the MS Society to talk about issues specifically relevant to the Asian community. Most respondents had also not come into contact with other Asian people on the existing discussion boards, and wanted to share their experiences of MS with other people that had the same cultural background.
“This will complement our existing boards – which already include specific areas for young people, carers, and people with primary progressive MS – to offer Asian MS members their own, distinctive voice.”
The Asian MS support group was set up in 1998 by Sanjay Chadha and Gurjit Sihota to help people of Asian origin who had been diagnosed with MS, and to provide information to their friends, families and carers.
Since then, there has been an increase in the number of Asian people diagnosed with MS, and Asian MS is now a key MS Society support group, organising information days and fundraising events. The group has also been the driving force in getting ‘What is MS?’ and ‘Just diagnosed’ translated into the five Asian languages.
Sanjay Chadha said: “We know our members want this forum and without them, it’s not going to work. I want to encourage them all to take part and make the Asian MS discussion board a success. When we set up this group we never thought we would come this far. Now it’s over to all of us in Asian MS to make this work.”
Asian MS carried out a survey at the end of 2005 and had a very positive response from people around the UK.
Many of those surveyed wanted their own discussion board on the MS Society to talk about issues specifically relevant to the Asian community. Most respondents had also not come into contact with other Asian people on the existing discussion boards, and wanted to share their experiences of MS with other people that had the same cultural background.
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