NEWS BRIEFS
What’s on MS Connection Online right now? n Are you getting enough vitamin D?
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Does it matter? Recent studies have changed our understanding of the role of vitamin D in health and disease. Learn about important implications for people with MS.
n MS Learn Online teaches job strategies
The society’s new “MS in the Workplace” webcast offers tools to help people with MS re-enter the workforce.
New publication simplifies legal rights of people with MS A new 60-page booklet outlining the legal rights of people with multiple sclerosis is now available in PDF format at nationalMSsociety.org (click Living with MS, Employment, then Knowing Your Rights). “Know Your Rights: A Legal Guide for People Living with Multiple Sclerosis” includes listings of local resources, form letters and helpful guides for navigating legal issues related to employment, Social Security Disability Insurance, family law, insurance and more. Members of the National
there’s expanded coverage of this topic online. Visit MSsociety.org and check out the news section on the right hand side.
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MS Society, Greater Washington Chapter’s Legal Assistance Committee developed the publication in collaboration with three Washington-based law firms. To obtain a hard-copy version of this publication, contact the Minnesota Chapter.
Chapter launches Facebook page The National MS Society, Minnesota Chapter recently launched a Facebook page to keep people affected by MS connected to the chapter and informed about upcoming programs, events and more. With more than 200 million members, Facebook.com is the largest social-networking Web site and one of the 4
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fastest-growing Internet sites in the world. The chapter Facebook page features breaking news, photo albums, and timely information about upcoming programs and fundraising events and ways to get involved. To become a fan of the Minnesota Chapter, search for “National MS Society, Minnesota Chapter.”