MS in your life – a guide for young carers
Written resource
ORGANISATION: UK MS Society
About the resource
This guide is written to explain to young people about living with a person with MS. If you have a hundred and one questions, or just one or two, then this guide is for you. It looks at a broad range of subjects – from MS itself to ways to find support for you and your family.
It covers:
• All about MS
• Family life
• Living with MS
• Becoming a young carer
• School and friends
• Feelings and emotions
• Looking after yourself
• Where to go for help
Published: 2009
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