MS Society Launches New Website for Newly Diagnosed
23 Jan 2006
The MS Society has launched a website aimed at young people newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). The www.lifeandms.org.uk site aims to answer fundamental questions about living with MS, highlight sources of information and support, and send out the message that life doesn't stop when MS starts.
www.lifeandms.org.uk is designed to complement the MS Society's award-winning site www.mssociety.org.uk. The existing site, which gets more than 40,000 unique visitors each month, will continue to provide its mix of research, publications, information for professionals, and support through a thriving network of discussion boards.
Mike O'Donovan, Chief Executive of the MS Society, said: "We wanted to do more to reach out to young people newly diagnosed with MS. We have a strong reputation for our research and information, but the questions people have when they are diagnosed are more fundamental – am I going to end up in a wheelchair, how should I tell my partner, will I be able to have children?
"While we can't pretend to have all the answers, this new site opens up another range of resources for people with MS and should go some way to helping people understand the impact this unpredictable and challenging disease might have on their lives."
The new site, which is launched today (23 January), tackles questions about life, work, money and relationships, and was developed with leading agency Harrison Troughton Wunderman following interviews with young people with MS. It will be promoted through diagnosis centres and a national publicity campaign.
MS is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults, with 50 people diagnosed every week, mainly between the ages of 20 and 40. The MS Society estimates that 85,000 people in the UK have MS, with twice as many women diagnosed as men.
Mike O'Donovan, Chief Executive of the MS Society, said: "We wanted to do more to reach out to young people newly diagnosed with MS. We have a strong reputation for our research and information, but the questions people have when they are diagnosed are more fundamental – am I going to end up in a wheelchair, how should I tell my partner, will I be able to have children?
"While we can't pretend to have all the answers, this new site opens up another range of resources for people with MS and should go some way to helping people understand the impact this unpredictable and challenging disease might have on their lives."
The new site, which is launched today (23 January), tackles questions about life, work, money and relationships, and was developed with leading agency Harrison Troughton Wunderman following interviews with young people with MS. It will be promoted through diagnosis centres and a national publicity campaign.
MS is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults, with 50 people diagnosed every week, mainly between the ages of 20 and 40. The MS Society estimates that 85,000 people in the UK have MS, with twice as many women diagnosed as men.
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