Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest researcher blog post written by Nicola Glennie. When you throw a pebble into a pond, the ripples caused by the initial splash can reach far and wide. A diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease can be like this with the effects of the initial diagnosis reaching beyond the physical symptoms of the illness to other…
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is blog number 10 in our ‘Symposium Blogathon’ – counting down to the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND. Numbers in brackets correspond to the code in the abstract book. Click on the number to be redirected to the full abstract – available 17 November. This blog article talks openly about death and end of…
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is blog number 7 in our ‘Symposium Blogathon’ – counting down to the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND. Numbers in bold green type correspond to the code in the abstract book. Click on the number to be redirected to the full abstract (the page may take a minute to load). When someone is diagnosed…
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is blog number 6 in our ‘Symposium Blogathon’ – counting down to the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND. Numbers in bold green type correspond to the code in the abstract book. Click on the number to be redirected to the full abstract (the page may take a minute to load). Being diagnosed with an…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Guest researcher blog post written by Cathryn Pinto: I am a PhD student at the University of Southampton and my PhD project (titled CALM – Coping and Living with MND) is about the experience of emotional distress and wellbeing among people with MND and their family. Cathryn’s PhD studentship is funded by the MND Association.
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog is part of the ‘Highlights from Glasgow’ collection of articles, where you can read about the content of some of the talks and posters presented at the 29th International Symposium on ALS/MND. Written by Kaye Stevens and Rachel Boothman At the 2018 International Symposium on MND in Glasgow, it was positive to see an…
