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Multiple Sclerosis affects millions of people worldwide, yet awareness remains limited. SEE-MS — a new program from the Rocky Mountain MS Center — aims to spread awareness of MS, particularly in rural and underserved communities.
The Rocky Mountain MS Center is committed to fostering health equity by working to help ensure everyone has access to comprehensive specialty care and educational resources that have the power to change lives. Every person living with MS should be fully heard and supported by their community and care team, regardless of where they live. SEE-MS aims to build more awareness of MS at the community level.
On Saturday, September 14, the MS Center’s Rural Engagement Program hosted a Launch and Luncheon event in Grand Junction, introducing SEE-MS to the community and engaging an initial group of SEE-MS advocates, who are now equipped to help spread awareness in their local area — particularly, by delivering materials and resources to local medical professionals who often interact with MS patients, but may not have extensive experience with MS themselves.
What is SEE-MS, and how does it work?
MS advocates at the SEE-MS Launch and Luncheon in Grand Junction.
We know that early detection, diagnosis, and treatment can significantly impact long-term outcomes in MS. SEE-MS empowers the voices of people directly impacted by MS to bring awareness of the earliest symptoms of MS to the public and medical professionals in rural and underserved communities.
People living with MS have the firsthand experience of receiving a diagnosis, educating friends and family, and navigating their life as a patient with a chronic autoimmune disease. For these reasons and more, patient voices are at the center of our awareness campaign.
Support Partners are those who are on this MS journey with us. While they may not have MS, the disease has impacted their lives in many ways as well. It’s critical to understand that MS impacts those around us, and therefore it’s important to have their voices heard.
MS advocates at the SEE-MS Launch and Luncheon in Grand Junction.
A panel of MS Patients and Support Partners make up our Advisory Committee, helping to guide the MS Center’s outreach approach to increasing community knowledge on the early signs of MS. Committee members play an active role in shaping the trajectory of the SEE-MS campaign.
Learn More and Get Involved!
To read and learn more about SEE-MS, please visit and explore our SEE-MS pages. There you’ll find opportunities to connect with us, information to share with others (including our new MS Symptom Tool), register for upcoming education events, and become an advocate yourself.
Medical professionals can also take advantage of our Healthcare Provider Toolkit, a section of important information for the medical community who may not have extensive experience with MS.