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Category: Disability

We Don't Talk About_Sammy Moynihan
23/05/201622/04/20172016, Chronic disease, Depression, Disability, Family, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Stories

Thriving with Primary Progressive MS

Sammy Moynihan, CanberraAustralian Capital TerritorySammy is 27 years old. He was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS) in early 2013, but has felt the effects of MS since his […]

02/05/201622/04/20172016, Archive, Chronic disease, Disability, Discrimination, Family, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological disease, Stories

This is what I want you to know (and didn’t say on TV)

This We Don’t Talk About story was originally published in shortened form as ‘I Feel Sorry For The Person Who Left Me This Note. They Clearly Don’t Understand Disability’ by The Huffington […]

02/05/201622/04/20172016, Archive, Chronic disease, Disability, Discrimination, Family, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological disease, Stories

I Feel Sorry For The Person Who Left Me This Note. They Clearly Don’t Understand Disability

This We Don’t Talk About story was originally published by The Huffington Post on 2 May 2016. You can read it here. A longer, more complete version of Justine’s story is published […]

Bek Paroz for We Don't Talk About
21/01/201622/04/20172016, Archive, Chronic disease, Depression, Disability, Discrimination, Employment, Family, Lupus, Medication, Medication side effects, Rheumatoid arthritis, Stories, Suicide

Working through the pain: A life with Rheumatoid arthritis

Becky ParozRedland City, QueenslandBecky is 41. She grew up in a dysfunctional family environment, exposed to alcohol-fuelled violence from an early age. At 18, when she was already living away […]

07/12/201522/04/20172015, ALS, Archive, Celebrity, Disability, Dying, End-of-life, Medication, MND, Motor Neuron Disease, Stories, Terminal disease

Neale Daniher: Fighting to fund the cure

Neale DaniherCanterbury, Victoria Living with MNDNeale Daniher, AFL great now fighting Motor Neurone Disease (MND), is ready to open up further about the disease and disability. MND is a swift and merciless disease, […]

25/11/201522/04/20172015, ALS, Archive, Chronic disease, Disability, Discrimination, Interviewer, MND, Motor Neuron Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological disease, Parkinson's disease, Stories

We Don’t Talk About featured on Channel Ten News in Sydney

Channel Ten News in Sydney featured the We Don’t Talk About project on Saturday 22 November 2015. Thanks go to Frank Lyons, who previously shared his story living with Motor […]

09/10/201522/04/20172015, Alzheimer's disease, Archive, Chronic disease, Depression, Disability, Finances, Medication, Neurological disease

The ravages of early onset Alzheimer’s disease

 Jurg KunzleWollstonecraft, New South WalesJurg is 65 years old. Born in Switzerland, he still has a Swiss accent and European mannerisms. He was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in […]

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