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Stretching helps
Your column, Mobility Alert,
has helped me a lot. I used to
get muscle cramps every morning. But I have not had any since
I started doing the stretches in
“Keep Moving!” (Fall 2009).
I’m very thankful for the clear
instructions.
Coral Gueist, via e-mail
To read “Keep Moving,” visit
nationalMSsociety.org and enter
the author’s name, Sue Kushner,
into the search box.
A close call
I really appreciated your article
“No Way Out” (Spring 2010). I
work at a medical college and was
on the fourth floor of my building when the fire alarm went off.
I had recently suffered a fall and
was using my cane. I went slow
and got out of the building,
but I wonder what would have
happened if my mobility had
been worse. Even some medical facilities are not prepared to
deal with persons with disabilities during an emergency.
Nikki Harvel, via e-mail
If your company does not appear
to have an inclusive plan in
place, we encourage you to share
these materials with your human
resources department or the
staff charged with emergency
evacuation:
n The Job Accommodation
Network’s Employer’s Guide to
Including Employees with Dis-
abilities in Emergency Evacuation
Plans: askjan.org/media/
emergency.html
n The Department of Labor’s
Office of Disability Employment
Policy’s planning guidance:
www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/
effective.htm
n Supplemental guidance via
Disability.gov for organizational
preparedness: disability.gov/
Momentum
wants to know
Summer’s coming, along
with hot, hazy days. Got tips
for others on what helps
you cool down?
Tell us at
nationalMSsociety
.org/staycool.
emergency_preparedness/
organizational_preparedness/
businesses
—The Information Resource
Center
Diagnosis didn’t
stop mom
Your article “Baby Time?” (
Winter 2010–2011) was a great read.
I had my daughter in March
2006 and shortly after her birth
I started experiencing symptoms. I was diagnosed in April
2007. Now I had this beautiful
baby girl and all I could think
was whether I was going to pass
this on to her. It took me and
my husband a while, but after
researching genetics we decided
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