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My Story : A Photographic Essay on Life with Multiple Sclerosis by Amelia Davis, Amelia Davis is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In a series of dramatic essays and photographs by the renowned San Francisco-based photographer Amelia Davis, <i>My Story</i> is an evocative description of what it is like to live with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects about 350,000 Americans and whose cause is still not entirely known. The essays and accompanying photographs in this highly engaging, beautifully illustrated book poignantly portray the lives of thirty-two men and women from the ages of seventeen to seventy and of various ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds who share the challenge of living with MS. Some, like Amelia, use no mobility aids, while others use canes, wheelchairs, or electric scooters. All have had to face the challenges and limitations that MS has imposed upon their lives, and each has devised unique and often creative coping strategies.Accompanying each essay are commentaries by family members and friends that express their own personal feelings and experiences of living with this disease. <p>Here are the inspirational stories of women, men, and children who live with this disease. Many have children; one or two are currently expecting them. Treatments and therapies for slowing th

Who reads My Story : A Photographic Essay on Life with Multiple Sclerosis?

Author

Amelia Davis, Amelia Davis

Publisher

Demos Health

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781932603019

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Social Science, Medical

Rating

3.93 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14