This video series, entitled “Legal and Care Planning for People with Multiple Sclerosis,” is intended to help people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and their families understand the complex legal and planning issues that they face. The video series was produced via a partnership between NAELA and Stetson University College of Law, in consultation with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, and often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms vary from person to person and range from numbness and tingling, to walking difficulties, fatigue, dizziness, pain, depression, blindness and paralysis. The cause of MS is still unknown and scientists believe the disease is triggered by as-yet-unidentified environmental factor in a person who is genetically predisposed to respond. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease.
