Tag Archives: ME Awareness

Edwyn’s ME Lockdown

ME Awareness Week:         Edwyn’s thoughts on ME   This has ruined my life and I am disgusted that not enough money goes into research for ME.                                                                                                   Edwyn, 15 years old, Mid Wales Edwyn’s ME Lockdown view all day, every … Continue reading

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ME awareness – in the workplace

Explaining ME in the workplace Raising awareness of ME is always a good idea – yes?  But is telling others about your experience of ME always a good idea? There are many creative ways to describe to friends and family … Continue reading

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#HelpNHSbeMEaware challenge is not just for ME Awareness week!

Thanks to those who have let us know they have been writing to their Health Boards with their experiences of NHS staff who don’t understand ME, and asking for training and awareness sessions for them. It is not too late … Continue reading

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ME awareness – the MEA revisits the toxic legacy of McEvedy & Beard

ME Association blog post, 10 May 2017: During ME Awareness Week, we revisit the toxic legacy of McEvedy and Beard   A paper written by two psychiatrists in 1970 has influenced medical, public and media perceptions of ME as an illness for … Continue reading

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ME Awareness day today, 12 May 2017

ME Awareness day 12 May 2017 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) – what is behind the illness with the hard to pronounce name? #HelpNHSbeMEaware

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Free leaflets from the ME Association – for ME Awareness Week only

ME Association blog post, 8 may 2017: Free leaflets from the ME Association – for ME Awareness Week only  In addition to our ME Awareness BLUE poster  The ME Association is releasing FREE downloads of TWO invaluable leaflets. Explaining M.E. … Continue reading

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ME Awareness – Light the sky blue!

ME Awareness – light the sky blue on International ME Awareness day 12th May 2017 In recent years a number of public buildings in towns and cities, which are always lit up at night, have switched to blue lights to mark ME Awareness … Continue reading

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ME Awareness – Missing years

Missing years – ME/CFS Awareness These squares have been lovingly crafted in a bid to raise awareness of the little understood but devastating diseases known as ME (Myalgic), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. They show the number of years that … Continue reading

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ME Awareness blog posts 2016

Laura’s pen blog post, by Laura Chamberlain, 12 May 2016: The M.E. Adventures comic: energy and exertion #MEawareness   [Introduction:  Today is ME awareness day, and to make a change I thought I’d make a comic. When I decided to do this I … Continue reading

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ME Awareness videos

Living with M.E – Short Documentary [a first year University project ] Aarogyamastu – Chronic fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day – 12th May 2016 – ఆరోగ్యమస్తు [Indian video] Action for ME awareness videos: What is ME? [Prof Julia Newton & Dr Gregor … Continue reading

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