Who are the people with Multiple Sclerosis??

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I didn't write this..just passing it along..it's very good!

Who are the people with Multiple Sclerosis?

We are your parents, your children, your brothers and sisters; we are

the person down the street; we are that lady or fellow who may walk a

little 'funny' at the grocery store. We are the people that you " tsk,

tsk " over because we might look " too good " to use a handicapped

parking space. We are the folks who may not be able to get out to the

Church or Temple every weekend; we are your peers; we are human

beings.

We are the face of Multiple Sclerosis. A face that is nearly every

ethnicity; that comes from nearly every country, that does not

discriminate by social standing or class or financial or educational

background or language or religion. We are both able to walk

unassisted and use canes and walkers and wheelchair users; we jog and

swim and partake in sports; we are housebound, we use scooters; we

need respirators. We are everything in between. We are visually

impaired and we are not. We are at every level of physical ability.

Of course, we " look so good " while we're doing it. We hear that

phrase every day of our lives. Sometimes that phrase is meant as a

compliment and sometimes it is meant to hurt or meant to shame us

into doing something of which we may not be currently capable. We may

be able to do that something tomorrow, though, or next week; Multiple

Sclerosis is like that. We are like that.

Some of us are hearing impaired; yet all of us occasionally have

people talk louder to us. " HOW ARE YOU D-O-I-N-G??? ? " they'll scream,

speaking to us as though we were either hearing or intellectually

impaired. " YOU LOOK SO G-O-O-D!!!! "

Of course we do. Thank you very much. We are, in fact, the very best

looking people in the handicapped community. We have secret beauty

pageants every year, to decide which of our number is the absolute

best-looking. Crystal emcees, as his character ; " ..and

you look MAHVELOUS my dear; absolutely M-A-H-V-E-L- O-U-S... "

We are brave. We are fragile. We want to live, and we want to end it

all. We look for support and we want to stand alone. We are

Every person. We are the People with Multiple Sclerosis. We are

People, Just Like You....

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