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    Services

    1. Training Opportunities

      The Upstate New York Chapter conducts in-service training programs for healthcare professionals in a variety of settings including, but not limited to, hospitals, long-term care facilities, independent living agencies, home health agencies and employment related organizations. We can customize in-service presentations to the needs of the group. To schedule an in-service training program email nyr@nmss.org

    Resources

    1. What Is Multiple Sclerosis? (.pdf)

      Symptoms, disease patterns, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and research efforts.

    2. A Guide for Support Partners (.pdf)

      Practical issues faced by caregivers. Includes resource list. By Tanya Radford.

    3. What Is Multiple Sclerosis? (.pdf)

      Symptoms, disease patterns, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and research efforts.

    4. Información bilingüe sobre la esclerosis múltiple

      Información sobre la esclerosis múltiple en inglés y español.

    5. MS in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers (video)

      This video is a resource for employers, featuring discussions about multiple sclerosis in the workplace.

    6. Caring for Loved Ones with Advanced MS - A Guide for Families (.pdf)

      This booklet is designed for families who are caring for a person with advanced Multiple Sclerosis.

    7. Kids Get MS Too: A Handbook for Parents Whose Child or Teen has MS (.pdf)

      This handbook is a guide for parents with a child or teen with MS.

    8. Keep S'myelin: A newsletter about MS for children

      Keep S’myelin is a colorful, engaging, informative, and reassuring newsletter to help children and their parents talk and learn about MS together. Each issue is filled with stories, interviews, games, and activities that highlight a specific topic related to MS, as well as a special section just for parents.

    9. Family Matters

      MS happens to families, not just to individuals. You probably have many questions about MS – what will happen to my family member with MS, how can we plan, how do we manage the unpredictability of the disease? The National MS Society is here to help you navigate the challenges of living MS with a personalized response to your unique needs.

    10. Department of Veterans Affairs Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence

      The Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence are dedicated to furthering our understanding of multiple sclerosis, its impact on Veterans, and effective treatments to help manage multiple sclerosis symptoms.

    11. FMLA Interactive Medical Advisor

      If you are having a bad day due to your MS and feel you need to take time off , but are concerned about your job you do have the right to utilize the Family and Medical Leave Act. This act allows you to take days - even hours - off intermittently when you feel you need to and have job protection. FMLA time does not provide you with income however is unpaid leave.

    12. Ask JAN

      Accommodations are very important to consider if you think they are necessary  so that you can better manage your MS and your work. It is important that you do your research and know what accommodations you are seeking before approaching your employer. For more information about accommodations, such as how to request an accommodation at work and different types of accommodations, visit the Job Accommodations Network (JAN) and type in multiple sclerosis.

    13. ADA Guide

      It is important to familiarize yourself with your rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the ADA, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee with a disability.

    14. Ergonomics

      For more information about how you can set up your workspace so that you are more efficient and less fatigued

    15. Vocational Rehabilitation Offices by State

      Vocational rehabilitation assists those individuals to secure gainful employment commensurate with their abilities and capabilities through local job searches and awareness of self-employment and telecommuting opportunities.

    16. Everyday Matters

      Everyone has their own idea of their best life. For people living with multiple sclerosis, the idea of that “best life” can change due to the challenges of having a chronic, unpredictable and lifelong disease. The National MS Society’s Everyday Matters, supported by Genzyme, a Sanofi company, was an interactive national project that uncovered stories of real people facing the everyday challenges that MS can bring on the path to one’s best life.

    17. Navegante para la EM®

      Su aliado de confi anza para enfrentar los desafíos de la vida con esclerosis multiple

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