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Multiple Sclerosis => THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF BEING MULTIPLY SCLEROSED => Topic started by: agate on March 21, 2023, 10:01:29 pm

Title: MS Awareness Month: MS Foundation list of resources
Post by: agate on March 21, 2023, 10:01:29 pm
The MS Foundation's issue of MS Focus, entitled "MS in Today's World" and in observance of MS Awareness Month, includes a list of resources:


The MS Foundation offers grants that might be useful:


--Emergency Assistance Grant - for use in case of emergencies with rent or utilities in your home


--Healthcare Assistance Grant - for the uninsured; assistance with one visit to your neurologist along with one follow-up visit


--Assistive Technology Program - to help locate, partly fund, or provide full funding for a device that can help you have a more independent lifestyle


--Transportation Assistance Grant - provides transportation to and from neurologist visits or infusion centers as well as funding for reasonable paratransit fees


(adapted from page 13 of "MS in Today's World")