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[senco-forum] MS and a sixth form girl

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Article: [senco-forum] MS and a sixth form girl

From: "Gaynor Dunkley" <gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk>
> It depends very much on the type of MS she has . If she
> has progressive then  she will experience symptoms that
> will not go away and then the next set  come along on top
> of them so the patient gets steadily weaker and eventually
> will end up in wheelchair as worst case .

Only around 4 percent of MS sufferers end up wheelchair
bound.

Be sensitive that this is possibly their worst fear and it
might not be helpful for a professional to be suggesting
that this might happen when it is actually very unlikely.

Hope this helps

Mark



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Mark Norwood
www.avssc.org


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