Healthy Eating
There is a close correlation between MS and the eating of saturated fats. To anyone who has MS both the amount of fat and the type of fat eaten should be considered of importance.
The extent to which you might want to change the foods you eat is up to you. If you want more information - and rest assured there is much of it around - see the Centre library. Better still, meet with our own nutritionist and work out with her your own menu plan taking into account "best practice" and individual (including family) likes and dislikes. Please refer to our links to related sites pages and look at other sites for further advice on diet.
Easy Access to Special Needs Information
A Physiotherapist has helped develop a new Internet portal site to provide
access to a wide range of specialist services, products and information for
people with disabilities, their families and carers.
In essence the site provides an easy gateway to a wide
range of specialist e – commerce centres, including shopping and travel, as
well as offering links to charities and other specialist organisations. There
are also exclusive, tailor – made insurance products that cover special
equipment for the home, scooters, and pets, additional travel cover and even
high - risk sports.
The site,
sponsored by organisations such as Easyjet and Travelability, is the brain child
of Alison Gibson, a Physio with over 20 years experience, and John Burns, a lecturer at Leicester University who specialises in human factors and
interactive systems design.
“We spent a long time researching – and asking the very people who would be
using it” said Alison, who knew from working with adults with learning
disabilities that unless the target audience liked the way the site was set up
they would not use it, despite what was on it.
Article
taken from FRONTLINE, JANUARY 2002