MS Impacts Us All – Video

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gJ0mCY_Ado

17-11-2011 17:01 Creating awareness is something each of us is committed to -- and can take action on today. By lending our individual voices, each and every one of us can lay the groundwork for the most viral MS awareness activity to date -- by simply sharing. Video transcription: It really is a small world. We are all connected. You may not know it, but you know someone with MS. Flint, Michigan: 102000 people. San Francisco, California: 805000 people. Phoenix, Arizona: 1.45 million people. People living with MS: 2.1 million people. Every hour of every day someone in the US is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The likelihood you know someone with MS: almost certain. You co-worker, your neighbor, your friend, your drycleaner, yourself, your partner... Someone you love and care about lives with multiple sclerosis. What is MS? Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Most people are diagnosed in their 20's and 30's. But MS lasts a lifetime. There is no cure. MS is a complex disease. MS affects the central nervous system. MS is unpredictable. MS disrupts people's lives. MS affects people's careers. MS disconnects brains and bodies. MS disconnects you from the people you care about. MS impacts people's families and relationships. It impacts all of us. It impacts you. MS can take things we don't want to give. The ability: -To see. -To play with our kids and ...

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MS Impacts Us All - Video