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Research: Feeling like ‘a damaged battery’: …lived experiences of UK university students with ME/CFS
Feeling like ‘a damaged battery’: Exploring the lived experiences of UK university students with ME/CFS, by Frances Waite, Dely Lazarte Elliot in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 23 Aug 2021 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2021.1969800] Research abstract: Introduction: Research regarding students with myalgic … Continue reading
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Tagged Chronic illness, Dely Lazarte Elliot, Frances Waite, self-esteem, students, university
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Risks for developing ME/CFS in college students following infectious mononucleosis
Risks for developing ME/CFS in college students following infectious mononucleosis: a prospective cohort study, Leonard A Jason, PhD, Joseph Cotler, PhD, Mohammed F Islam, PhD, Madison Sunnquist, PhD, Ben Z Katz, MD in Clinical Infectious Diseases, [doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1886] 25 Dec 2020 … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Z Katz, cytokines, depression, illness behaviour, Infectious mononucleosis, Joseph Cotler, Madison L Sunnquist, Mohammed F Islam, Prof Leonard Jason, psychological distress, students
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Improving academic access for students with ME/CFS
Article abstract: Students with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) often struggle to achieve academic success not only due to symptom interference, but also because educators may lack an understanding of the cognitive and learning deficits that accompany the illness. Traditional … Continue reading
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‘Reasonable adjustments’ for disabled pupils in schools
The Equality and Human Rights Commission have published guides to the implementation of ‘reasonable adjustments’ in schools. The duty was first introduced under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The reasonable adjustments duty under the Equality Act operates slightly differently and … Continue reading
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