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It's my life: an interactive resources for social care professionals
- Authors:
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults. Around 85,000 people in the UK have MS. MS is the result of damage to myelin - a protective sheath surrounding nerve fibres of the central nervous system. For some people, MS is characterised by periods of relapse and remission while for others it has a progressive pattern. For everyone, it makes life unpredictable. The film provides helpful information about all these aspects of MS
The appointment
- Authors:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
This 10 minute comedy drama introduces us to Alan, a hotel manager, on the day he finds out that he has a common but life-altering health condition. The film explores how attitudes to disability and long-term health conditions can affect people's chances of getting and keeping a job - irrespective of their actual impact on work. And how the reactions of those around us - family, friends and work colleagues - can make us fearful of revealing important aspects of our lives.