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So inspiring ”hard work pays off’!
Gem x
Category Archives: Health
Brave Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie was told she had an 87% chance of developing breast cancer as she carries the “faulty” BRCA1 gene. She then made the brave decision to have a double mastectomy. She said she did it for her children as she had lost her mother through breast cancer.
The Difference Between Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
With my recent post about Sensory Processing Disorder and Autism (click here), there has been a lot of discussion about what the difference is between Asperger’s and Autism as well. The Autism Society has written up a terrific round-up of the perceived differences between Asperger’s and Autism.
Asperger’s Syndrome from the Autism Society
Related articles
- Sensory Processing Disorder and Autism (thesensoryspectrumblog.com)
Occupational Therapy and Multiple Sclerosis
Gary’s story
Mental Health Awareness Week
Thanks Clive for helping to raise the awareness of mental health..
If I were only to do one of these Dates of Note all year, this would be it. And if I wanted you to only ever read one of my posts, again, this would be it. From 13-19 May it is Mental Health Awareness Week. As you will know if you have read my previous articles, this is a cause which is very close to my heart. I have worked for twenty years – admittedly on the business side – in an NHS Trust which began as a specialist mental health provider, but has since branched out into a much wider range of services, reflecting the fact that treating mental health in isolation from other aspects of health is to provide only a part of the care that we need. In addition to this, I am officially ‘recovering’ from a period of depression which kept me off work for nine…
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Orange for MS
ORANGE FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
- click this image for ‘The National MS Society’
‘A word in your ear’ has a word a week challenge and this week the word is ‘Orange’. I just had to enter as orange is the color for MS (Multiple Sclerosis) – close to my heart. I am currently trying to raise awareness and raising funds to help beat MS.
Please see below the links for ‘A word in your ear’ and also the MS Society UK and National, which have lots of information about the cause of MS.
http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/index.aspx
If anyone is interested in raising funds for this cause..http://www.justgiving.com/mssociety/ has some great ideas and an easy way to donate.
From 31st May I will be taking part in a 60 day challenge to raise funds. I will be giving up chocolate, meat and wine! Is anyone else up for a challenge?
GeminiOT and Health 