Published information from the MS Society

The MS Society produces many leaflets and booklets containing information designed to help individuals to manage various aspects of the condition. These can all be found in the Centre or ordered free from the website:

• Types of MS
• What is MS?
• Help and information cards
• Respite Care Directory
• Employment Support Allowances
• MS and the Law
• Diet and Nutrition
• Disability Rights Handbooks
• Aids and Equipment
• Research
• Regular publications: MS Connect, New Pathways and Open Doors

The MS Essentials series is a very comprehensive guide split up into 28 booklets:

1. Managing relapses
2. Memory and Thinking
3. Insurance and MS
4. Tremor
5. Vision and MS
6. Disease-modifying drugs
7. Managing bladder problems
8. Getting the best from social care services in Scotland
9. Benefits and MS
10. Mood, depression and emotions
11. Diet and Nutrition
12. Sex, intimacy and relationships
13. Claiming Disability Living Allowance
14. Fatigue
15. Women's health: pregnancy, menstruation, contraception and menopause
16. Support for people in Scotland severely affected by MS
17. Pain and sensory symptoms
18. Complementary and alternative medicine
19. Muscle spasms and stiffness
20. Finding and funding residential care
21. Exercise and physiotherapy
22. A guide to health care services
23. Speech difficulties
24. Swallowing difficulties
25. Managing the bowel in MS
26. Balance and MS
27. Adaptations and your home
28. Living with the effects of MS