Why drive for vw4causes.org and MG Awareness?
When Carole Brown realized that her classic VW bus got attention wherever it went, she thought how great it would be to use that attention for a good cause. The next step was to choose a cause and the one that Carole decided upon was MG.
MG, Myasthenia Gravis, is an autoimmune disease that causes generalized muscle weakness but it is so little known that diagnosis still takes years rather than months, losing valuable time and causing even more suffering. Carole Brown chose MG because she knows a lot about the disease (her mother had MG from the age 20 until her death aged 71) and feels strongly that more needs to be done to raise public awareness.
In drawing attention to MG she hopes patients will benefit in two ways: faster diagnosis and treatment AND more understanding and empathy from the general public.
During the summer months of 2011, Carole parked her VW bus around her home town of Provincetown on Cape Cod with signs about MG, and talked to tourists who showed an interest in knowing about MG. At the end of the season, she’ll be leaving the east coast of Massachusetts to drive thousands of miles across country to the west coast of America, talking to as many people as possible about her cause.
Follow her and her VW as they travel by reading reports here in “News from the Road“. Also you can join in the conversation with Carole and others on The YesWeCan CamperVan’s Facebook page and through twitter, where your comments will help spread the word and draw much needed attention to this cause. THANK YOU.
Other pages in this section:
- What is Myasthenia Gravis?
- MG support groups
- MG therapies-immunomodulators
- Living with MG
- Patient’s stories
- Autoimmune Disease
