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Unlimited Opportunities for Australian Artists

Posted on Monday, 7 May 2012

  Arts Access Australia, the British Council and Accessible Arts NSW are pleased to launch a new professional development opportunity for Australian artists and artsworkers with disability. Unlimited UK will subsidise a group of Australians to travel to London in September to...

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Fatigue Survey Film

Posted on Monday, 7 May 2012

MSIF ran an MS fatigue survey awhile ago. They had a great response with more than 10,000 replies.They decided to make the results into a film to help raise awareness of the impact of fatigue on the lives of people with MS around the world. You can watch the film on the link below.   ...

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CCSVI Statement

Posted on Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Channel Seven’s Sunday Night program aired a story about Chrissy Amphlett’s battle with multiple sclerosis (MS) on Sunday 8 April 2012. The story also featured information about chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, also known as CCSVI. To watch the story click on...

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Health Checks for Women with Disabilities

Posted on Wednesday, 11 April 2012

A new service is now available in North Hobart offering health checks by a Nurse Practitioner for women with disabilities. If getting onto an examination table to have a Pap test is difficult for you, or if you are unable to manage your own regular breast examinations, this service can assist....

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Make the NDIS Real - Rally on April 30

Posted on Tuesday, 3 April 2012

The proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will revolutionise the way people with a disability, their families and carers are supported in Australia. It will replace all the current state and territory disability systems, which are fragmented, underfunded and not working. The NDIS...

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Wellness 2012

Posted on Wednesday, 28 March 2012

  I don’t live with MS – it lives with me! In a relaxed and informal atmosphere, a total of 55 clients and partners, together with 14 highly qualified guest presenters and the talented Client Services Team, participated in the two recent Wellness Days. The event...

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Strategies for managing memory

Posted on Monday, 19 March 2012

It can be normal to experience times of forgetfulness. Factors such as fatigue, mood disorders, stress and pain can all contribute to being forgetful. Other physical factors can also contribute to memory problems for people living with MS, such as MS onset, type, duration and lesion load. ...

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Get the Most Out of Life

Posted on Monday, 19 March 2012

The MS Society of Tasmania is running a Get the Most Out of Life program for people living with chronic conditions. RFind out more on this program on the flyer below or online at http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/pophealth/chronic_condition . For more information on this program please...

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MS FEST 2012: Regrettable Cancellation.

Posted on Tuesday, 28 February 2012

The MS Society of Tasmania has announced that MSFest at the TCA Ground has been cancelled. The MSFest was to be staged at the TCA ground on March 3.  We were working toward two separate Mini-festival shows to be staged at Princes Wharf 1 on March 3. This option is however not going...

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Smoking and MS

Posted on Tuesday, 31 January 2012

There is significant evidence that smoking increases the risk of developing MS and that it also affects the rate at which MS progresses. Over the past decade, a number of studies on the association between smoking and MS have been conducted worldwide in countries where MS is prevalent,...

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