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hi everyone, I hope your day is going well! so I am pretty happy, as I have the first interview for a new role, next week.. i have been looking for a new job for some time, so to get the interview feels like an achievement itself. i am trying to concentrate on preparing for the role as i would n...

Haven’t been on here for a while but I’m at a stage on my MS journey where I recognise I want support. I was diagnosed with RRMS nearly 10 years ago and only feeling confident to tell people. I’m trying to get over the stigma I feel having a disability. I was thinking about getting a walking stick w...

Hi I could do with some help please! I am filling out a job application and it asks "Do you have a disability as defined by EA 2010?" I can say yes, no or refused. I am cautious about this. I have had benign MS for 20 years and temporal lobe epilepsy for 5 (caused by demyelinating lesions). I have n...

Hey everyone, I have to say i havent been as active on here as I wanted but I am here to remedy that. I am one of the reporters and I was also recently interviewed as part of the MS & Work Reporters series, you can see the videos on the Shift.MS facebook and website. One of the videos tackles...

Hi, I know it's fiction but has anyone seen Coronation Street? A character in the program has just been diagnosed with MS. He has reluctantly told his Daughter but only because she witnessed some symptoms, he said he doesn't want anyone else to know. Is this reaction usual? I myself have been to see...

Saw this on the BBC website, looking at disability and disclosure at work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-27193964

This is a perennial issue for everyone, but for me, it has become a difficult one to side-step. I have recently started a new job, new that is as it's with new colleagues. My MS was well known to previous colleagues as I was working with them when I was off sick for months and diagnosed. My new col...

Hi, I'm in the process of being made redundant and I'm a bit worried about disclosing my m.s on application forms for new jobs. My ms nurse is confident that the disability discrimination act should ensure there wouldn't be discrimination and tells me I need to disclose that I have it. Just wonder...

Four people with multiple sclerosis react to a film about the challenges that people with MS face when deciding whether or not to reveal their diagnosis. Disclosure is different for everyone and every situation. What lessons (good or bad) have you learnt about disclosure from you time with MS? L...

Hi! Sam here.. diagnosed in July 2021, and I won’t lie, I’m still Angry and grieving… I’m slowly trying to reconcile with the fact that I will have to live with this forever. I haven’t really been dating a lot pre-diagnosis, but now I am really nervous about dating with this condition. I’m not open ...