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Hidden from sight: why the complexity of ME/CFS needs to be recognised by policy makers

Posted on 12/09/2021 by wames

Hidden from Sight: Why the complexity of ME/CFS needs to be recognised by policy makers, by Tomruk Ustunkaya and Richard Machin, by People, Place and Policy Vol 15, #2, pp. 91-99, November 2021   Background: An estimated 260,000 people in the UK … Continue reading →

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New book: Science, Politics, …….and ME: a health scandal in our generation

Posted on 03/31/2017 by wames

CreateSpace.com book publication announcement, 5 March 2017: Science, Politics, …and ME A health scandal in our generation, by Dr Ian Gibson & Elaine Sherriffs Few diseases can have been so maligned by false information, so manipulated by an insidious establishment-controlled ideology, or so poorly dealt with … Continue reading →

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What would help people with ME get into politics?

Posted on 08/15/2016 by wames

New Statesman article, by David Skuzbee, 11 August 2016: Don’t forget the most under-represented group in our democracy – disabled people Roughly 16 per cent of working age adults are living with a limiting long-term illness, impairment, or disability, but … Continue reading →

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Disabled People’s manifesto for 2016 elections

Posted on 09/23/2015 by wames

Disability Wales Announce Disabled People’s Manifesto #itsmyright Disability Wales on 17th September 2015 presented its Manifesto in the  Seneddd calling for an Enabling Wales where disabled people, as citizens of a modern inclusive nation, truly experience their rights, equality and independence, … Continue reading →

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Countess of Mar on politics and ME

Posted on 03/23/2015 by wames

The Countess of Mar addressed the Royal Society of Medicine’s meeting: ME/CFS: Frontiers in research, clinical practice and public perception, Wednesday 18 March 2015 Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful to the Royal Society of Medicine who have given me the … Continue reading →

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