March 2, 2023 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD ACTRIMS 2023: Documentary offers hope for the Black MS community Multiple sclerosis (MS) has long been considered a disease that mostly affects white women. But in the U.S., the numbers indicate that Black people, particularly Black women, may be more likely to develop the neurodegenerative disease than people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds. For Black individuals, this misunderstanding…
March 3, 2020 Columns by Jessie Ace Using Social Media to Challenge Perceptions About Disability IĀ recently interviewed filmmaker Celestine Fraser on my podcast. Fraser produced a documentary about chronic illness called “ill, actually.” We touched on some interesting topics, including how people with chronic illnesses use social media. The documentary interviews three people with…
December 6, 2019 Columns by John Connor How ‘The Terminator’ Changed John Connor With “The Terminator” involved, it’s fair enough that this tale starts out as a father-son thing. My son, Jack, kept needling me to watch a film on Netflix U.K. called “The Game Changers.” My wife had also watched it and heavily backed the suggestion. Both had a knowing gleam…
January 14, 2019 News by Larry Luxner Provocative Film Explores Love and Sexuality Among the Disabled Dozens of films have focused on those with diseases or disabilities ā and thereās no shortage of Hollywood productions about love and sex. But only a handful have ever really tried to combine these two themes. āTake a Look at This Heartā does the job with tenderness and finesse.
October 10, 2018 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc #ECTRIMS2018 ā Merck KGaA to Present Latest Data on MS Portfolio Merck KGaA will present the latest advances made on several of its therapies aiming to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) at the 34th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research In Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS). The conference is taking place through Friday in Berlin. The company, known as…
July 1, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD “MS” Documentary Released on YouTube “MS” is a documentary film released last year that tells the story of three patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS) and how they deal with the chronic debilitating disease. The director of the film recently announced that the short documentary has been made available on YouTube in…